Afghanistan Some Clarity At Last? Trump and NATO May 22, 2017 0 Written by Ivan Lidarev. On the eve of the NATO summit in Brussels on May 25, the alliance seems to be in crisis. The last…
International Relations Can Japan tempt Russia into an alliance against China? August 3, 2016 0 Written by Dmitry Filippov. Russia, and the Soviet Union before it, has traditionally been on Japan’s diplomatic radar mostly by virtue of its proximity and…
International Relations Did Western Sanctions Affect Sino-Russian Economic Ties? April 26, 2016 0 Written by Alexander Gabuev. In the wake of Ukraine crisis, Russia hoped that closer ties to China would offset the negative impact of Western sanctions.…
China Under the sea: Russia, China and American control of the waterways November 17, 2015 0 Written by Simon Reich. In the summer of 2007, in a bizarre incident shown live on Russian television, scientists accompanied by a couple of senior…
China and the Arctic Russian perceptions of China in the Arctic March 23, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. The debate on Russo-Chinese relations in the Arctic has become more intense in the last few months as western sanctions have…
China and the Arctic Sino-Russian collaboration on the Northern Sea Route development March 18, 2015 0 Written by Svetlana Krivokhizh & Nadezhda Filimonova. In recent years interest in commercial navigation through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) has grown significantly among Arctic and non-Arctic…
China and the Arctic China rediscovers its northern roots March 16, 2015 0 Written by Mia Bennett. In May 2013, China gained observer status in the Arctic Council, the preeminent intergovernmental organization of the world’s northernmost region. China,…
China and the Arctic China’s Interest in Arctic Shipping March 12, 2015 0 Written by Frédéric Lasserre. The commercial and strategic implications of climate change and the melting of the sea ice in the Arctic have drawn attention not…
International Relations The Kremlin seeks a greater role on Korean Peninsula February 18, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. When discussing North Korea, many observers tend to focus on relations with South Korea, the United States, China, and Japan. But…
International Relations Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union: Impact on cross-border trade with China February 11, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. One of President Putin's guiding principles is the reconstruction of a Russian sphere of influence over much of the former Soviet…
