Sino-Russia Relations – Then and Now
Stalin and Mao once signed a Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual assistance way back in 1949. It is not a hidden thing that the Stalinist model has been inherited time and again by...
Category: Russia
Socialism and Russia – What does it say about the country’s economy?
Every phenomenon reflects in various dimensions. The same did happen with Russia – the ostensible socialist state. The ‘Non-market’ ‘Centrally Planned’ economic system of order- Socialism had its own drill of functioning, which had...
Russia and Saudi – War and Peace
Two decades ago, The Soviet-Saudi relations were extremely poor, as the cold war between both the countries lasted throughout. The Soviets were extremely stubborn and staunch when they sought to reduce Saudi’s dependence on...
The Role of West and Humanitarian Interventions in the Ukrainian Conflict
The civil war-like crisis have origins in the ethnic divisions within Ukraine. The orthodox minority in the east speaks Russian whereas the rest eastern Ukraine speaking populations see Europe as their closest neighbours. The...
Changing Dynamics of the Russia-China relations post-1991
Russia and China since the cold war have been known to have challenged the global order dominated by the USA. The relations between them have although been with a lot of ups and downs...
Sino-Russian Alliance against the United States
In a response to Trump’s proposal to expand G7 grouping to G11, by inviting Russia, India, Australia and South Korea, Russian foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova said “the proposal to expand G7 is in...
The Sino-Russian Alliance and What it Means for Europe
Dating back to the 1800s, it is well established that Russia and China have had a long and complex relationship. Since the 1950s to the demise of the Soviet Union, their relations were characterized...
Commonwealth of Independent States: Rise and Failure
Introduction Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was an initiative of the post-Soviet Russian state to have a regional organization with the members as states in the former Soviet Union (FSU). It was a platform...
European-Russian Relations: Insecurity in the Arctic?
The Arctic is one of the world’s most unique areas. During the Cold War, the Arctic was a place of insecurity with many military and political standoffs between the United States and the Soviet...
Russia-Syria relations and its implications for the Middle East: 2000-2020
Russia’s involvement in prolonged Syrian civil war transcend not just a reciprocal relationship between both the counties as Russia has been strategically benefitting from its presence in Syria, but geopolitically rather than recompense. Russia...
