Indo-Pacific Partnership: «Who against»
An American initiative known as Indo-Pacific Partnership which was put forward at the end of 2017, has been the subject of heated discussions of...
Escalation of conflict between two Koreas: Why now and what could it lead to?
Observers worldwide signal a rapid deterioration of relations between two Koreas which began on June 9th, after North Korea’s authorities discontinued contacts with South...
Enlarged G7 summit: Strange invitation
Donald Trump’s decision to postpone the G7 summit till autumn and invite to it Russia, South Korea, Australia and India has become a top...
COVID-19 at low ebb in China: Is the “world factory” opening up?
The coronavirus epidemic in China is showing clear signs of a decline
and amid an easing of the government-enacted strict quarantine measures and
travel restrictions announced...
Russian-Japanese dialogue in the context of amendments to the Constitution
As Russia discusses amendments to the
Constitution, an issue of particular concern has been the amendment that
prohibits the alienation of Russian territories. The amendment will likely be
put...
Combating COVID-19: Initial socio-economic and international lessons learned
Things look like it is high time we learned the first lessons from the
ongoing fight against the coronavirus epidemic in China and beyond. And...
“Westlessness” of the West, and debates on China during Munich Security Conference
The Munich Security Conference, which traditionally brings together
heads of state and government, foreign and defense ministers in February, is
usually expected to bring some kind...
New strategy of U.S. counter-intelligence: Real and unreal threats
The newly published US Counter-Intelligence Strategy for 2020-2022 puts
Russia and China at the top of the list of countries that pose a threat to...
US-North Korea denuclearization talks: Pyongyang opts for higher stakes
The year 2020 is witnessing radical changes to the denuclearization
talks between the United States and North Korea. In the second half of last
year the...
US vs China: “Era of great-power competition”
With the year 2019 already on the way out, its preliminary results can
already be summed up, and one of the main takeaways is the...