https://www.scmp.com/rss/325370/feed Anton Tsvetov is an expert at the Centre for Strategic Research, a Moscow-based think tank. He tweets on Southeast Asian affairs and Russian foreign policy at @antsvetov. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Summit season is in full swing and Asia is anticipating its premier regional security event – the East Asia Summit (EAS), a meeting of Asean leaders and eight of their dialogue partners. The funny thing about this annual summit is that, after it is concluded, pundits tend to have a hard time remembering what exactly all those meetings were about. Instead, all their attention tends to be centred on who it was that turned up. This year, it is the attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin that... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2172516/singapore-summit-putins-pivot-and-us-anti-china-drive-leaves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2172516/singapore-summit-putins-pivot-and-us-anti-china-drive-leaves?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:00:00 +0000 Even though the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is in limbo, large-scale economic projects remain the latest trend in geo-economic competition among great powers. Central, South and East Asia seem to be in the focus of such schemes, from China’s “belt and road” to South Korea’s Eurasia Initiative. Russia has rolled out a mega project of its own – the “Greater Eurasian Partnership”. The project has so far remained largely unnoticed, but those who do speak or write about it tend to fall into two... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2113366/can-russias-own-belt-and-road-project-make-big-impact?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2113366/can-russias-own-belt-and-road-project-make-big-impact?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Sep 2017 06:15:30 +0000