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December 6, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (November 2022)

At war in Europe, Russia sees Asia in a new light. The mainstream has grown more dominant, and dissent, if that word were used liberally, has narrowed much […]

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BRICS, Multipolarity, SCO, turn to the East, Ukraine
September 26, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (September 2022)

Russian coverage in the late summer of East Asia centered on Sino-Russian relations with some interest also in North Korea and Japan. The impact of the “special military […]

Editorial Staff

NATO, North Korea, Taiwan, Ukraine War, Xi Jinping
August 9, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (July 2022)

The shadow of the Ukraine war loomed large over Russian writings on East Asia, whether China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, or the BRICS. China’s success versus the US […]

Editorial Staff

BRICS, NATO, sanctions, Security Council, Taiwan, Ukraine
July 11, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (March 2022)

February 4 and February 24 stand as watershed moments in Russian coverage of relations with China, with spinoffs for discussions of India and Japan. In January, there was […]

Editorial Staff

BRICS, Indo-Pacific strategy, Kazakhstan, NATO, Taiwan, Ukraine
May 23, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (May 2022)

The February 4, 2022 joint statement of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping launched a new phase in Sino-Russian relations, which acquired clear meaning when Russia went to war […]

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“Turn to the East”, NATO, Sino-Russian Relations, Ukraine War
February 3, 2022 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (January 2022)

In late 2021 and the beginning of 2022, close attention was paid to the Biden-Xi virtual summit, the summit of the democracies, Sino-US tensions over Taiwan, the impact […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

COVID-19, free and open Indo-Pacific, North Korea, Taiwan, US-China competition
December 6, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (November 2021)

If during the first half of 2021 debates emerged over the merits of an alliance with China, Sino-Russian relations fell under the radar in the fall. Casting doubt […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Eurasian Economic Union, Greater Eurasia, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sino-Russian alliance
September 27, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (September 2021)

Russian publications covered some important developments in the late summer of 2021. One was the death knell to eight years of Russo-Japanese exploration of a diplomatic breakthrough: a […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Afghanistan, LDP elections, Quad, Taiwan contingency
July 30, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (July 2021)

In the late spring and early summer of 2021, Russians intensely discussed China even as they reaffirmed negative assessments of Biden’s foreign policy. Some pressed for a formal […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

BRI, Joe Biden, SCO, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, US-China rivalry, Vladmir Putin, Wolf Warrior Diplomacy, Xi Jinping
June 30, 2021 Country Reports · Russia
Country Report: Russia (May 2021)

For a champion of multipolarity, Russia was increasingly feeling isolated with only one partner in the spring of 2021. The Biden administration was deemed hostile with no prospect […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

"Belt and Road" Initiative, Eurasian Economic Union, Indo-Pacific strategy, Russia-China entente, US-China rivalry