Topic: Asia-Pacific
Throughout 2022 the theme of BRICS expansion has taken on notable momentum as China’s BRICS+ initiative has engendered increasing aspirations from some of the largest developing economies to join the BRICS grouping
ShortGiven the keen interest of some partners even from unfriendly countries in developing cooperation with Russia, formats similar to the Summit could be successful
ShortThe BRICS+ format is back and is at the very center of the discussions surrounding China’s chairmanship in the grouping
ShortAmid the spikes in geopolitical risk witnessed in recent years, there may be a need to explore some of the reserves in international mediation and diplomacy
ShortOn April 20, 2021, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the Korea Foundation (KF) launched a joint project “2021 Next Generation Policy Experts Network”
ShortParticipants discussed relevant issues between the Asia-Pacific countries and views of Russia and New Zealand on regional security
ShortOn July 25, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Graeme Meehan, Australian Ambassador to Russia, and Jill Collins, Minister Counselor of the Embassy.
ShortIn terms of global strategic architecture, China, Russia, and the US are crucial to the world. How can Beijing and Moscow deepen cooperation? How will the 2020 US presidential elections affect Russia-US ties? Global Times (GT) reporter Lu Yuanzhi talked to Andrey Kortunov (Kortunov), director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, on these issues at the sidelines of…
ShortOver the course of the last two years, security risks across Asia have been on the rise. The region’s future is marred with uncertainty that is rooted in the revival of great power competition, and trade wars. The Carnegie Moscow Center and the Russian International Affairs Council organized a discussion about the future of the region.
ShortOn March 6, 2019, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Takeo Mori, Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, visiting Moscow.
ShortThe aggregation of the multiple regional and bilateral treaties into larger mega-blocks may become the key trend in economic integration in the coming years as the “spaghetti bowl” legacy of the past several decades of the emergence of hundreds of regional and bilateral agreements may be increasingly giving way to a more orderly pattern of pan-continental and trans-continental blocks…
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)