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ROUND TABLE Round Table at the Far Eastern Affairs Editorial Office on the Preparations for the CPC 19th CongressYe. Khazanov POLITICS Outlook for US Policy in Relations with China and RussiaYu. Morozov Results of the Russia-India-China Forum in New Delhi, and Current Tasks of the RIC FormatS. Uyanayev ECONOMICS Certain Aspects of China’s History and […]

December 11, 2016 marked the 15th anniversary of China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization. According to the Chinese, this date is grounds for automatically granting China the status of a country with a market economy. What has changed in relations between China and the countries of the European Union since that date, and what is behind the European countries’ hesitation to grant China this status? How are the results of the referendum in Great Britain influencing relations between China and the European Union? What are the prospects for the European Union and the United States concluding a Transatlantic Partnership trade agreement, and how will China’s position in Europe be affected as a result? These questions and others are examined in this work.

POLITICS Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China in 2016V. Portyakov Beijing’s European OffensiveA. Vinogradov ECONOMICS The Formation of China as a Global Innovative PowerYa. Berger The Role of Chinese Living Abroad in the Development of the Southern Branch of the Silk Road Economic BeltA. Afonasyeva Assessment of Structural Changes in the Economy of […]

The author describes the history of creating nuclear weapons in the PRC and discloses the essence of its present nuclear doctrine. He also characterizes in detail the Missile Forces of the People’s Liberation Army of China and makes certain conclusions concerning the development prospects of the PRC armed forces.

POLITICS The Taiwan Issue in Modern Sino-American RelationsA. Voloshina ECONOMICS The Silk Road Economic Belt – A New Model of Attractive Economic Partnership for the Eurasian Economic UnionB. Heifetz The Problem of Debt in China’s Economy: Assessment, Scenarios, and SolutionsI. Vakhrushin THEORY AND METHODOLOGY In Memoriam: Yakov Mikhailovich Berger The Science and Technology Component in […]

The author examines the results of the 15-year activity of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, its structure, and relations between its members. He also analyzes its role in the region and partnership problems, and forecasts the organization’s development prospects in the currently unfolding new world order.

RAS IFES ROUND TABLE The Current State of Russian-Chinese Relations POLITICS Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Where Is It Headed?V. Vorobyov China in BRICS: First Among EqualsYa. Leksyutina ECONOMICS The Role of Chinese Living Abroad in the Development of the Northern Branch of the Silk Road Economic BeltA. Afonasyeva Ferrous Metallurgy of the PRC during the 12th […]

China has proposed a number of integration concepts that are compatible with the interests of Russia but contradict efforts by the United States to maintain a unipolar world order under its hegemony. The author’s aim is to assess the pluses and minuses of RF and PRC integration projects in Eurasia, identify the obstacles standing in the way of their execution, and find ways of eliminating existing problems.

In Memoriam: Academician M.L. Titarenko (Interview with A.V. Vinogradov) POLITICS Integration Projects for Eurasia: The Approaches of China, Russia, and the United StatesYu. Morozov Beijing between Pyongyang and SeoulK. Asmolov Chinese Leaders’ Approaches to Fighting International TerrorismYu. Khatchenkov Japan’s Official Development Assistance Policy and Security InterestsK. Voda The Seventh Congress of the DPRK Workers Party: […]

In January 2016, a new stage of reforming the command and control system of the armed forces began in China. This author examines redistribution of powers among the heads of the armed forces command and control system.