How Is Russia's Pivot to Asia Working Out?
Carnegie Politika Podcast
English - October 30, 2019 16:22 - 31 minutes - 29 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNews eurasia diplomacy russia politics economics carnegie Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In September 2014, following the annexation of Crimea, the outbreak of war in the Donbas, and the introduction of the first Western sanctions against Russia, the Kremlin announced a "pivot to Asia." Five years on, what's the outcome of this policy? Have Russia and China really formed a new, much stronger partnership? Alex Gabuev, a senior fellow and chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, sat down to discuss just that with Vita Spivak, head of analytical projects at the Expert creative agency.