Lately, Russia and China have achieved an all-time high level of mutual trust. At the same time, the current dynamics of international relations, instabilities in neighbouring regions as well as the speed of new challenges and threats emergence require closer foreign policy cooperation between the two countries.
• What impact do Russia’s and China’s relations with global and regional powers have on their bilateral relations? Do strained relations between Russia and the West affect Russia–China partnership? In what way should Russia and China build ties with the new US administration? What are the major vectors of Russia– and China–Japan relations? What are their effects for Russia–China bilateral relations? What is to be done in order to expand and institutionalize interaction within Russia–India–China strategic triangle?
• What contribution could Russia–China interaction make to the settlement of traditional and emerging conflicts in the region? Have Moscow and Beijing elaborated a concerted stance on Syria crisis? In what way could Russia and China contribute to inter-Korean normalization and the settlement of the North Korean nuclear issue? Should Russia take part in settling territorial disputes in the South China Sea? Is it possible to build a multilateral security system in the Asia Pacific?
• What multilateral dialogue platforms are priorities for coordinating Russia – China efforts? What are the stances that Russia and China take as members of the United Nations (UN)? What contribution will Russia–China collaboration in the BRICS framework make to reforming global governance? How Russia and China view the main vectors of development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
• What are the vectors of Russia–China collaboration on the global aspects of strategic and tactical armaments? What is to be done to avoid further build-up of armaments in the region? In what way could Russia and China contribute to strengthening the non-proliferation regime?
Moderator:
KORTUNOV Andrey, Director General, Member of Presidium of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
Participants:
MORGULOV Igor, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Member of RIAC
ALIMOV Rashid, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
YAN Xuetong, Dean of the Institute for International Relations at Tsinghua University
TRUBNIKOV Vyacheslav, Member of the Board of Directors of Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations of RAS, General of the Army, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia, Vice President of RIAC
LUZYANIN Sergey, Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of RAS, First Deputy Chairman of the Russia-China Friendship Association, Member of RIAC
ROGOV Sergey, Academic Director of the Institute of the US and Canadian Studies, Member of RIAC
BUZHINSKY Evgeny, Chairman of the Board of PIR Centre, Lieutenant General (retired), Member of RIAC
LI Yongquan, Director of the Institute of Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
KOKOSHIN Andrey, Dean of the Faculty of World Politics of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Full Member of RAS, Member of RIAC
TRENIN Dmitry, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, Member of RIAC
LUKYANOV Fedor, Editor-in-Chief of Russia in Global Affairs, Chairman of the Presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, RIAC Member
