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Pressure that both sides face from the United States and the West gives their partnership new depth.
The US would be foolish to deepen the new Cold War atmosphere by trying to isolate Russia over Ukraine developments. As for China, that option is simply not open to them any more. The reason is that the Americans need cooperation from Moscow to deal with Syria, Iran and Afghanistan.
The recent elections in Russia indicated that despite a minor fall in approval ratings, the United Party still enjoys huge support.
Putin’s move to run independently serves to distance him from the growing unpopularity of the United Russia itself, and to also show that he enjoys
Russian President Putin's Eurocentric approach and having a Europeanist as his primary foreign policy advisor seem to be impacting on his policy towards Asia. The clout that the Orientalists and Indologists once had in the Kremlin is well and truly gone, and the relationship is that much weaker for it.
Despite being an active EU member, Hungary intends to continue its existing cooperation with Russia
The Russian President’s actions this week may yield tactical gains but hardly pass the test for strategic victory
Will Russia be able to deftly put an end to the Ukraine war on its own terms or would it get drawn into a protracted war?
Putin can now underline to the rest of the world how Russians are solidly behind his policies regardless how they seem to outsiders.
A one-on-one Trump-Putin meeting being proposed by sections of the Trump Administration would be a big win for Putin who desperately wants recognition as a global statesman
With much of the international fury directed at Russian President Putin for supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, the suspects in shooting down the Malaysian airliner, Narendra Modi may soon find that there are costs associated with India's "privileged" partnership with Russia.
In Russia’s pageantry of state visits to Iran, its counter to the West is quite evident.
The Wagner mutiny raises some uncomfortable questions about the President’s control
Quantum computing is a novel technology that requires international cooperation for its growth. This should continue unabated despite the incumbent th
The adoption of quantum computing technology could prove to be revolutionary for India to reduce its carbon footprint
Earlier this month, India and Russia took stock of the bilateral relationship in a range of sectors, including civil nuclear, trade and investments.
Some nuances can be captured from the opening remarks made in Sochi. Modi thanked Putin for helping India get a permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. In turn, Putin noted: “Our defence ministries maintain very close contacts and cooperation. It speaks about a very high strategic level of our partnership.”
The expected meeting has seen a focus on what both sides could agree to on the defense side.
The advantages of biological learning make OI a tempting notion to embrace, however, there are significant ethical and technological hurdles to overco
While Russia is aware of Islamabad's role in fomenting international terrorism, it realises that any successful resolution of the problems associated with Afghanistan must involve Pakistan. A cancelled presidential visit cannot change the relevance of this, or of Russia's goal, in enhancing ties with Pakistan.
The issue of radical Islamism remains Russia's fundamental concern in Syria. Having fought two Chechen wars, it would not want another conflict to erupt on its territory. If either the ISIS or the rebels succeed in overthrowing Assad, there is a huge likelihood of expansion of jihadist activity to the Caucasus and southern Russia.
Speculation was rife that the bilateral relationship had lost its strategic sheen and had become a transactional one, where Russia was just a convenient one-window stop for some military equipment.
Right now, everyone around Putin is singing paeans to his sagacity. It is his ability to cut through the chaff, determine his priorities and then craft his policies fully cognizant of Russia's current limitations that will see him emerge as a universally acclaimed statesman. Authoritarian he may be, but there is no reason to doubt that he is up to this task.
As Vladimir Putin prepares to take over the reins of the Presidency in May, events unfolding in Russia would undoubtedly test his mettle.
The tide of the war has turned against Moscow. But the Russian president and his close advisers do not acknowledge that reality and have resorted to nuclear sabre rattling
Putin’s war against Ukraine is more about his domestic political standing, but it has already laid the foundation of a new global order that is unlikely to be of his liking
Amidst the shifting geopolitical and geostrategic landscape, Russia renews its efforts to exert its influence over the Central Asian Region.
A closer look at what relations between Washington and Moscow mean for New Delhi.
The Russian president, who will be in New Delhi on December 6, is not just coming to maintain the ‘special, privileged strategic partnership’, but to also deepen bilateral relations
The Helsinki summit presents an opportunity for the US and Russia to resume a dialogue even if to disagree on matters.
Contradictions in the India-Russia relationship, rooted in China and the Quad, will be difficult to overcome in the long term.
In the strategic sectors much has been achieved in the last decade. Russia has given us its most advanced aircraft, tanks, rocket launchers, cruise missiles, frigates
Japan and Russia, famously referred to as "distant neighbours," have shared a long and complicated history of bilateral relations.
On the Ukraine conflict, China is delicately balancing the two, where it seeks to be an ally of Russia while not incurring the wrath of the West
The Western policy of isolating Russia has only served to push Russia deeper into Chinese arms. Russia and China are planning to increase their engagement in Central Asia and will coordinate their policies in the former Soviet territories in Eurasia.
