https://www.scmp.com/rss/510639/feed 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. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Even as the world is focused on the brewing security crisis in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan for two days in Moscow beginning Wednesday. Asked about the timing of the visit in an interview published on Monday, Khan played down any effect it would have on Pakistan’s relations with the West. “This visit was planned well before the emergence of the current phase of the Ukrainian crisis … I received the invitation from President Putin much... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3167975/amid-ukraine-crisis-putin-meets-pakistans-khan-discuss?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3167975/amid-ukraine-crisis-putin-meets-pakistans-khan-discuss?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:49:12 +0000 India and Russia’s historically close relationship has been complicated by geopolitical realities but last week’s summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin demonstrated the extent to which both sides intend to stay close, even if it risks rankling the United States and China. Harsha Kakar, a retired major general in the Indian army, said the meeting proved that despite Russia’s close ties with China, and India’s with the West, and “regardless of whatever alignments... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3159245/india-russia-ties-why-putin-modi-arms-deals-are-problem-both?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3159245/india-russia-ties-why-putin-modi-arms-deals-are-problem-both?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Dec 2021 10:00:18 +0000 Two months after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, Russia is bolstering its military positions in neighbouring Central Asia. But Moscow’s build-up in the region has also had ramifications for the United States and China, the two other great powers with aspirations for greater influence in Central Asia. Whereas Russia has moved to block the Joe Biden administration’s attempts to establish a US military presence in the region, it has embraced China as a potential partner in the battle... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3153358/american-factor-drives-russia-and-china-together-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3153358/american-factor-drives-russia-and-china-together-central-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:30:14 +0000 Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly called promoting economic development in the country’s Far East the “national priority of the entire 21st century”. And for much of the past decade, he has sought to enlist China’s help in that task. Yet experts say that the Kremlin’s efforts to attract greater Chinese trade and investment to the far-flung region have fallen short. They note that many promised Chinese investment projects in the Far East are never actually implemented. Meanwhile,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3146505/moscows-pivot-china-falls-short-russian-far-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3146505/moscows-pivot-china-falls-short-russian-far-east?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Aug 2021 09:30:16 +0000