Three tests for Russia and China’s ‘soft alliance’
ELN Research Fellow Joseph Dobbs outlines three tests still facing the Russia-China relationship before it can defined as anything other than a marriage of convenience.
ELN Research Fellow Joseph Dobbs outlines three tests still facing the Russia-China relationship before it can defined as anything other than a marriage of convenience.
With increasingly tense Russia-West relations, Moscow is turning to China for political and economic cover. As the G20 Summit nears, ELN Researcher Joseph Dobbs asks just how strong is Russia’s China card?
Following a Summit in Tajikistan, ELN Researcher Joseph Dobbs discusses the potential implications of an expanding Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and why we need to be talking about it.
The Honourable Kevin Rudd argues that the ratification of the CTBT is a key step towards reducing the strategic trust deficit currently affecting multilateral disarmament.
Ambassador Zukang defends the position that both China and the U.S. will benefit from the moral and systemic effect brought about by the entry into force of the CTBT.
Sverre Lodgaard explains that although President Obama’s Prague speech in April 2009 became the starting point of a series of important nuclear disarmament initiatives, the overall picture as the PREPCOM meets in New York is mixed.