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Kassenova: Central Asian Countries Worry about Chinese Influence in Creating a New Silk Road

(WSJ) As the U.S., U.K. and others hit pause on globalization, China is flexing its economic muscle with an ambitious infrastructure-building spree that would connect up to a third of…

Mistrust Sets Low Ceiling for Russia-China Partnership: Deconstructing the Putin-Xi Jinping Relationship

(PONARS Policy Memo) No amount of propaganda can hide the fact that the Russian-Chinese partnership is not progressing well. Economic cooperation was supposed to constitute a solid foundation for a…

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U.S.-Russia relations in Central Asia: Change within

(Washington Times) While the US-Russia relationship has been deteriorating rapidly since 2014 and faces a new crisis with the current situation around Aleppo, the bilateral relationship in Central Asia has been relatively…

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A String of Intrigues on Putin’s Eastern Tour

(EDM) The G20 summit in Hangzhou, China (September 4–5), was not expected to produce major news in global governance. But for Russian President Vladimir Putin, it opened a unique opportunity to…

Is Russia Coming to Terms with China’s “Silk Road”?

(PONARS Policy Memo) China’s Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB) initiative has been developing at a fast pace since its launch a few years ago. Stretching from China to Europe, the SREB…

Does North Korea Have a Place in Russia’s “Turn to the East”?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) What are the prospects for Russian-North Korean relations today? Ruled by a harsh totalitarian regime, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, is one…

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Russia Seeks to Reenergize Its Pivot to the East

(EDM) Over the past several years, whenever Moscow entered into a difficult encounter on the Western “front,” it has typically tried to show interest in expanding ties in the Asia-Pacific. In…

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Eurasian Integration

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Regional integration is a core element of Washington’s vision for post-conflict Afghanistan. Captured by the metaphor of a New Silk Road (NSR), the U.S. has long sought…

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Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

(The Diplomat) Announced in 2013 on a stage at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the land-based portion of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative (the Silk Road…

Is There A Non-West for Russia to Lead?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Recently, Russian policymakers and strategists have articulated a vision of a vibrant non-Western world, one in which the United States and European leaders are increasingly marginal…

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Kassenova: Central Asian Countries Worry about Chinese Influence in Creating a New Silk Road

Mistrust Sets Low Ceiling for Russia-China Partnership: Deconstructing the Putin-Xi Jinping Relationship

U.S.-Russia relations in Central Asia: Change within

A String of Intrigues on Putin’s Eastern Tour

Is Russia Coming to Terms with China’s “Silk Road”?

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Russia Seeks to Reenergize Its Pivot to the East

How Washington Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Eurasian Integration

Cooley: China’s Silk Road initiative is “conceptually incompatible” with Russia’s EEU

Is There A Non-West for Russia to Lead?