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Dimitri Simes Jr.

Dimitri Simes Jr.

Dimitri Simes Jr. is a journalist currently based in Moscow, Russia. His reporting on Russian foreign policy toward Asia has appeared in The Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and The National Interest among other outlets.
Dimitri Simes Jr. is a journalist currently based in Moscow, Russia. His reporting on Russian foreign policy toward Asia has appeared in The Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and The National Interest among other outlets.

With Ukraine crisis looming, Moscow wants meeting with Islamabad to help bring stability to Afghanistan, as well as Central Asia, where Russia continues to hold influence.

Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Russia has been getting closer to China. Yet now Moscow is selling India weapons likely to be pointed in Beijing’s direction.

Moscow’s military build-up in the region is aimed at containing terrorism – and the US. On this, Russia and China have ‘every incentive’ to work together.

Russia’s vast, resource-rich eastern flank was meant to become a gateway to China and a magnet for investment and trade. And the billions are rolling in, but only on paper.

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