Ukraine’s Ripple Effect on Russia’s Indo-Pacific Horizon

(China’s Resource Risks) The invasion of Ukraine has fueled hopes in Russia of a reorientation to Asian markets, while also introducing new barriers to Russian relations with many Asia-Pacific states.…

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The Collapse of the Afghan Government Provides a Challenge for China and Russia, Not a Windfall

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The collapse of the Afghan government and takeover by the Taliban is not a net win for China and Russia, nor will these developments automatically cement…

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Will Russia Put China’s Arctic Ambitions on Ice?

(China’s Resource Risks) Despite its enthusiasm, China’s efforts to become a key voice in Arctic affairs have been met with skepticism, even alarm by Arctic states, and few of its…

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China and Russia: Vaccine Competitors or Partners?

(China’s Resource Risks) The most valuable resource to the average person today is a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. For China, which has rolled out two vaccines so far (Sinopharm and Sinovac),…

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Reading the Soy Leaves: What Soybean Imports Say about China’s 2020 Election Preferences

(China Resource Risks) Which candidate do Chinese leaders hope will win the 2020 U.S. presidential election: Donald Trump or Joe Biden? According to the U.S. Directorate for National Intelligence, the Chinese…

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Mining for Trouble: The Resources at Stake in the China-India Border Dispute

(China’s Resource Risks) What is at stake in the recent Sino-Indian border clashes? Competing efforts to build roads, exploit mineral deposits, and secure water resources are an important backstory to the…

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Pipeline “Khanfluence”: Power of Siberia 2 to Go Through Mongolia to China

(China’s Resource Risks) The Power of Siberia pipeline is finally shipping Russian gas to China as of December 2019, after nearly thirty years of discussion. Despite this dilatory timeline, plans for…

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China in a Belarus Pickle

(China’s Resource Risks) The massive ongoing protests starting in August 2020 in capital city Minsk and throughout the country, galvanized by President Alexander Lukashenko’s fraudulent reelection, have Chinese leaders in…

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The Role of Digital Power in Estonia and Taiwan in Combating COVID-19

(Weatherhead East Asian Institute) Taiwan and Estonia are known as digital democracies. As both face threats from neighbors, their degree of digitization typically has been seen as a vulnerability. The…

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Wishnick: It’s going to be a mixed picture with a deepening Russia-China partnership as a whole

(Business Insider) China’s first domestically built icebreaker left this month for its first trip to the Arctic, a few days after President Donald Trump said the US was pursuing as many…

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