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China: via Portugal into Africa and Latin America

13:08 09.04.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

China: via Portugal into Africa and Latin America

Portugal is a major geographical link in the European leg of China’s New Silk Road project (NSR). A visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Lisbon on December 4-5, 2018 produced seventeen cooperation agreements thereby reaffirming the two parties' readiness to expand economic partnership (1).China is Portugal’s top trading partner …

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

11:05 25.02.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

Who will assemble a new “big puzzle” in the Asia-Pacific region

The 2019 Security Conference in Munich attracted so much attention not only due to the top-notch lineup of participants, but also to the keynote report released by the organizers as a curtain-raiser for the high-profile gathering.Titled “The Great Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up the Pieces?" the Munich Security Report (MSR) …

China and US keep a close eye on Greenland

10:48 18.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

China and US keep a close eye on Greenland

Greenland is mulling independence. While enjoying wide autonomy within the Kingdom of Denmark with its own parliament since 2009,. Greenland still faces two serious economic problems standing on its way to full-fledged sovereignty, namely the need to make itself less dependent on financial assistance from Copenhagen ($620 million), and reduce …

India and the Indo-Pacific: challenges and near-future agenda

11:54 04.02.2019 Vladislav Gulevich

India and the Indo-Pacific: challenges and near-future agenda

The coming into use of the term “Indo-Pacific Region” suggests the growing economic and strategic role of India on the changing geopolitical landscape. Such a concept places India at the center of this landscape, while India’s peripheral presence in the Asia-Pacific region is now a thing of the past.The ultimate …

40 Years of US-China Relations

0:57 24.01.2019 Vladimir Petrovsky

40 Years of US-China Relations

Forty years after the United States and China established diplomatic relations in January 1979 the anniversary is a good reason to reflect on the past and future of their relationship.The 40th anniversary is best remembered in Beijing. In an interview devoted to the memorable date, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi …

Will the world have to choose between US and China?

12:20 17.01.2019 Andrey Kadomtsev

Will the world have to choose between US and China?

As the US-China trade war heats up, more and more experts tend to believe that the world may be heading into a breakup again, just like it did during the years of the Cold War. This time - into two conflicting trade and economic camps, pro-US and pro-China, with almost …

The sanctions of a split

9:48 12.11.2018 Pyotr Iskenderov

The sanctions of a split

The tough economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran have aggravated conflict between Washington and its close allies. The European Union, the United Kingdom, France and Germany have expressed regret over measures taken by American President Donald Trump and signaled the need to protect their companies. Simultaneously, eight …

Chinese Game: US Losing Asia and Africa

12:44 17.08.2018 Dmitry Babich

Chinese Game: US Losing Asia and Africa

As the US sanction pressure on Russia intensifies, the US economic and political competition with their most important economic partner, China, is noticeably getting more fierce. Simultaneously, Washington has been exchanging direct and indirect economic strikes with Turkey and the EU. (In the case of the European Union, an exchange …

Chimeras and Realities of the Indo-Pacific Partnership

13:25 09.08.2018 Vladimir Petrovsky

Chimeras and Realities of the Indo-Pacific Partnership

The new American initiative for the creation of the Indo-Pacific Partnership (IPP) has grabbed the spotlight in many political discussions of late. Although the idea to set up such a forum was proposed at the end of 2017 and to this day has been no more than a general slogan, …

The Alternative World

11:25 08.08.2018 Alexander Borisov

The Alternative World

We publish an excerpt from Professor Borisov’s article “The New Global System, or the World Without A Hegemon”.In 1776, the oldest of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, who was presiding at the Philadelphia Congress, which adopted the historic Declaration of Independence, pointed out as he opened …

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