Nationalism and national identity Chinese and Russian National Identity on the 70th Anniversary of WWII February 9, 2015 0 Written by Gilbert Rozman. The year 2015 serves in China to showcase Japan’s alleged transgressions from the postwar order and in Russia to accuse the West…
US in the Asia-Pacific The other ‘pivot’: Is Russia also rebalancing towards the Pacific? January 28, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. While the US 'Pivot to the Pacific' features regularly in media and academic discourses, we hear much less about Russia's own…
South Korea Russia and South Korea: the economic and geopolitical rationale for a natural gas pipeline November 4, 2014 0 Written by Alex Calvo. There was a time when South Korea thought that joint projects (including Kaesong industrial park and Mount Kumgang tourist area) and,…
Territorial Disputes The Kuril Islands dispute in 2014: (Yet) another setback October 20, 2014 0 Written by Miha Hribernik. Russo-Japanese relations have grown closer over the past two years, before the Ukrainian crisis began to strain Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s…
Territorial Disputes ‘Takeshima’ and ‘Northern Territories’ in Japan’s Nationalism October 16, 2014 1 Written by Alexander Bukh. In 2005, Japan’s Shimane Prefecture adopted the ‘Takeshima Day’ ordinance that designated the 22nd of February, the day Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo…
International Relations Marriage of convenience: China and Russia’s gas deal June 25, 2014 1 Written by Karolina Wysoczanska. Last month’s China-Russia gas deal attracted considerable attention not only because of its scale but because of its global significance. Indeed, it…
Japan Japan’s relations with Russia in the Midst of the Ukraine Crisis March 24, 2014 0 Written by Misato Matsuoka. While Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has not met the leaders of neighbouring South Korea or China, he has dedicated significant…
International Relations Who lost Ukraine? March 17, 2014 0 Written by Neil Munro. In a televised interview with Russian journalists this week, Vladimir Putin made the claim that a “revolutionary situation” had existed in…
China-Middle East Selling the “China Dream” in the Middle Eastern Quagmire October 7, 2013 0 Written by Niv Horesh. China’s relatively quiet endorsement of Vladimir Putin’s stance during the recent Syrian crisis was noted with suspicion if not cynicism in…
China-Middle East Beyond the Oil: Sino-Iranian relations October 4, 2013 0 Written by Majid Rafizadeh. It has been argued that the only reason China maintains robust political and economic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran—backing Iran…
