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Will Russia and China set up a rare earth metals cartel?
Beijing and Moscow could retaliate against the West by creating a rare earth metals cartel that would deprive certain industries of critically necessary materials.
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Why Russia should improve relations with Japan
Moscow has long sought a way to counter the U.S.-Japan defense alliance in the Asia-Pacific while reducing its dependency on China as an Asian partner. Improved ties with Tokyo could be the answer.
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Can Russia straddle between India and China?
A meeting of the RIC Foreign Ministers was held in Moscow against the backdrop of deteriorating India-China relations. Although the RIC format has existed for over a decade, it is often tied down by...
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Why Russia needs stronger ties with Japan
Ahead of the upcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Russia, top experts debate the importance of improved Russian-Japanese relations, especially in the context of Russia’s ongoing...
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Mongolian neutrality and its significance for Russian security
A neutral Mongolia could reduce Russia’s vulnerability along its eastern flank and eliminate concerns of closer military relations between Mongolia and China.
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Who will lead in Asia-Pacific – the US, China or Russia?
The country that will be the first to offer an acceptable set of rules and norms for economic development will ensure its leading position in the Asia-Pacific region
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TPP highlights the risks of free trade becoming a political weapon
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, originally conceived as a sweeping free trade agreement linking the major economies of the Pacific region, is at risk of turning into a political weapon against those...
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US presidential election could change the current globalization model
The 2016 US presidential race is further proof that the current model of globalization is changing. For Russia and China, this means that neither Moscow nor Beijing can build their strategies based on...
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Russia and the US are both trying to win over Japan
With the recent visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Japan and Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to visit this country in December, it appears that both Moscow and Washington are competing...
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Re-thinking Russia's pivot to China
At a conference in Moscow, experts agreed that current Moscow-Beijing relations had reached an “unprecedented” level, but pointed out that a lot of questions still need to be answered.
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What are the results of the Kremlin's turn to the East?
RD Interview: Sergey Lousianin from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences sheds light on relations between Moscow and Beijing and explains what problems might be on...
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Why Russia's best friend in the G7 might turn out to be Japan
Japan’s active role at this year’s G7 Summit would appear to benefit Russia and may hint at an improvement in Russia’s relationship with Japan.
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Here is why Russia’s pivot to the East still hasn’t taken place
Despite a lot of buzz about the Kremlin’s turn to the East in Russian political and media circles, there are some important challenges that would appear to hinder the future development of...
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China's CNPC eager to become Rosneft's stakeholder
China National Petroleum Corporation is ready to buy a stake in Russia’s biggest oil company, Rosneft, but is demanding an opportunity to run it.
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What to expect from Putin's visit to China?
While the agenda of the two-day meeting between the heads of Russia and China has not yet been made public, experts from the Russian International Affairs Council speculate on what Russian President...
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Why Crimea and Taiwan are flip sides of the same geopolitical coin
As Russia and China continue to lurch towards an expanded partnership, the real question is whether they will ever unite behind two issues with tremendous significance for the future world order:...
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Russian experts discuss Brexit and Putin's visit to China
Monthly review of Russian think tanks: In June, top analysts focused on the Brexit referendum in Great Britain, the future prospects for Russian-Chinese relations and the changing nature of...
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Russia's missile shield gap opens wider in South Korea
A plan by the U.S. to deploy a missile shield in South Korea to deter the threat from North Korea has met with strong condemnation from Russia and China. So what’s the best strategy moving forward?
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Searching for a common ground in Russia-Japan relations
The shifting security environment of the Asia-Pacific region, brought about by an increasingly dominant China, is opening up new opportunities for Russia and Japan to partner together.
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Russia's national identity through the lens of the Kremlin's foreign policy
RD Interview: Lev Gudkov, the director of the Levada Center, explains how ordinary Russians and the political elites perceive themselves in the context of the country’s confrontation with the West and...
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