Asia Russian Diplomacy: rather a bad peace than a good quarrel June 11, 2019 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. Image Credit: 11th Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi by Ulkoministeriö/Flickr, licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Russia’s aspirations and diplomatic engagements in…
China Containing Rising China or Declining Russia June 10, 2019 0 Written by Erich Weede. Image Credit: Russia Pavilion by vikkies/Flickr, Licence: CC by 2.0. In the late 1970s, before Deng Xiaoping started to reform the…
Africa China in Africa and the American response February 5, 2019 0 Written by Tom Harper. China’s engagement with Africa appears to be causing headaches in Washington. After two decades of neglect, American interest in the African…
Russia Putin and Xi’s possession of power: Patterns and rhetoric March 20, 2018 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. Xi Jinping’s recent announcement ending the term limits of China's presidency cannot be considered as shocking, at least for those who are familiar with…
Russia What is Russia’s role in the South Pacific? November 23, 2017 1 Written by Olga Krasnyak. At the APEC Ministerial Meeting in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang earlier this month, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov met with some…
North Korea Russia’s Far East: A key to settle North Korea? September 25, 2017 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. On 6-7 September, 2017 the Eastern Economic Forum was held in Vladivostok for the third time since its establishment in 2015 by Vladimir…
BRICS Xiamen BRICS Summit: The View from Russia September 12, 2017 2 Written by Ali Lantukh Chances are that, depending on where you look, you’ll be familiar with commonplace narratives that emerge around BRICS’ activities: accounts that…
North Korea Nuclear Crisis in North Korea: A Chance for Russia? August 12, 2017 0 Written by Olga Krasnyak. In recent days the crisis over North Korea's nuclear program has captured the attention of the world. On August 7th, in response to…
North Korea North Korea-Russia Relations: Limitations Behind the Façade of Friendship April 14, 2017 9 Written by Anthony Rinna. Despite the North Korean state ideology of juche ("self-reliance"), the DPRK has long depended on either China or Russia as its…
China Economic Integration in the Tumen River Region April 12, 2017 1 Written by Anselm Huppenbauer The Tumen River forms the natural border between North Korea, China and Russia. Even though that swampy, sparsely populated area on…
