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Kassenova: Astana has raised, very diplomatically, the issue of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang re-education camps

(The Diplomat) In early 2017, reports began to emerge that Chinese authorities in Xinjiang were ratcheting up security, flying in troops, and parading police convoys through the region’s cities. Chen Quanguo, appointed…

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Cooley: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not a problem-solving forum; China and Russia are not on the same page

(Newsweek) Russia, China and a handful of other regional powers will deploy around 3,000 troops and 500 weapons systems for joint counterterror exercises that will take place in Russia’s Ural Mountains…

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Wishnick: Russian scholars feel their country can play the role of honest broker in North Korea

(U.S. News & World Report) In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Kim Jong Un for establishing a nuclear weapons program that “solved his strategic task,” calling the reclusive 30-something North Korean leader…

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The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs

(Critical Asian Studies) Abstract: This article provides an overview of People’s Republic of China (PRC) counter-terrorism policies targeting Uyghurs since 2001 when the state first asserted that it faced a terrorist…

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The Sino-Russian partnership in the Arctic

(CPI) In December 2017, the 27 billion dollar Yamal LNG project became operational, the first joint Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) project to reach fruition and a major Chinese…

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The Evolution of Russia’s Views on the Belt and Road Initiative

(Asia Policy) The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced by Xi Jinping in 2013 and comprising both the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Maritime Silk Road, has provoked admiration for…

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China’s Silk Road and Kazakhstan’s Bright Path: Linking Dreams of Prosperity

(Asia Policy) n 2013, President Xi Jinping announced China’s Silk Road Economic Belt—the land-based component of the Belt and Road Initiative—during his visit to Astana. The choice of the venue…

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Russia and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors: China, Japan, and Korea, 1858–1945 [NEW BOOK]

As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russia…

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Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Southern Europe has been a new area of focus for the Sino-Russian partnership in recent years. Cultural and religious ties with Orthodox majority states have long given…

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The Unpredictable Triangle: U.S.-China-Russia Relations in the Trump Era

(China-US Focus) The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States at first seemed likely to rearrange the U.S.-Russia-China strategic triangle. If you remember your geometry lessons, we now…

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Kassenova: Astana has raised, very diplomatically, the issue of ethnic Kazakhs in Xinjiang re-education camps

Cooley: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is not a problem-solving forum; China and Russia are not on the same page

Wishnick: Russian scholars feel their country can play the role of honest broker in North Korea

The biopolitics of China’s “war on terror” and the exclusion of the Uyghurs

The Sino-Russian partnership in the Arctic

The Evolution of Russia’s Views on the Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Silk Road and Kazakhstan’s Bright Path: Linking Dreams of Prosperity

Russia and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors: China, Japan, and Korea, 1858–1945 [NEW BOOK]

Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

The Unpredictable Triangle: U.S.-China-Russia Relations in the Trump Era