On December 11-16, 2021, an official delegation from the State Department led by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu visited Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for conducting Dialogues on Strategic Partnership.
The Russian military experts claim that the modern and upgraded S-400 missile system can reach distances of up to 400 km. This new range signifies a major change in the rules of the game in Ladakh; it is a potential hot spot where India is actively involved.
The Asia International Today presents the Carnegie Moscow Center Director Dr. Dmitri Trenin’s views on Russian foreign policy to your attention.
The United States confirmed the start of a new round of talks with the Taliban in Qatar next week. State Department spokesman Ned Price noted that Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West will travel to Doha for a two-week meeting with Taliban leaders and that the parties will discuss vital national interests regarding Afghanistan, including the fight against terrorism and the humanitarian crisis.
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The latest changes in the regional and global agenda of the United States, the strengthening of the Russian-Chinese comprehensive military partnership in this region, show that in foreign policy, the main challenge for the new Japanese government, headed by Fumio Kishida, will be the issue of relations between its most important neighbors, China and Russia.
Long-standing disputes over the territoriality of two small islands in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, are back on the agenda. The dispute particularly affected security cooperation and trilateral coordination with the United States.
The struggle between Russia and the United States for the Indian arms market is escalating. Thus, on November 14, it was announced, that Russia began to supply India with S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in accordance with a contract concluded in October 2018.
Today, the geopolitical reality in the Indo-Pacific (Asia-Pacific) region is quite tense from a military and security point of view. In particular, the resolution of the dispute in the East China Sea between China and Japan around the Senkaku Islands remains in question, the Taiwan issue is brewing and the South China Sea is an arena for several territorial disputes.
In recent weeks, the Kremlin has once again amassed a huge number of troops and military equipment on the Russia-Ukraine border after a major buildup this spring. In addition to the Western military circle, Russia collectively sent troops to two points, the interfered part of the Donbas and the Crimean peninsula, mainly from the Central and Southern Military District.