Carnegie Moscow Center
The Russian government should transition to a comprehensive and overarching strategy in South Asia.
If the United States and Europe look the other way, North Korea's provocations will continue to threaten the regional order. The Six-Party Talks are unlikely to provide a solution, but Russia could intervene.
A comparison of China and Russia can reveal not only the dramas of undemocratic societies and the limitations of modernization efforts by top-down governments, but also the challenges that the West faces.
Putin’s new foreign policy doctrine has control as its true objective, sovereignty as its slogan, and nationalism as its soul.
The interpretation of Eurasia as the post-Soviet space is now outdated. This area is only a part of the vast but increasingly crowded region that is set to become the center of world development in the 21st century.
Russian arms sales to China’s neighbors like India and Vietnam are not conscious acts by Moscow intended to damage the Russian-Chinese relationship.
At the start of the Obama administration’s second term, it is unclear how Washington and Moscow will approach relations going forward.
Barack Obama’s second term has the chance to become the vindication of his Nobel Peace Prize, but he will need to craft a very careful course on Iran, be wise on China, and become strategic on Russia.
The United States needs to begin paying more attention to Russia as part of its Asia-Pacific strategy if it wants a more stable balance to emerge in this critical region.
The third presidential debate lacked a strategic vision for U.S. foreign policy toward Russia and China.