Dec 10,2019 Open Forum

Sino-Russian Local Relations: Heihe and Blagoveshchensk

Some argue that troubled cross-border relations defy extravagant claims made about Sino-Russian, such as that an alliance exists. Others argue that those ties have been troubled but have improved to the point that they no longer pose a problem for overall relations. This article recognizes persistent difficulties in the local dimension of the relationship, but […]

Gaye Christoffersen

"Belt and Road" Initiative , Blagoveshchensk , China National Petroleum Corp , Gazprom , Heihe , Power of Siberia , Russian Far East , Silk Road Fund , Trans-Siberian Railroad

Jun 22,2016 Alternative Scenarios

Negative Scenario II: The Integration of China’s Northeast and Russia’s Far East in the Silk Road Economic Belt

Russia pursues a top-down, state-led policy formulated in Moscow to promote economic development of the Russian Far East and its economic relations with the Asia-Pacific. Can this policy be considered state-led industrialization with characteristics similar to Japanese, Chinese and South Korean models of state-led industrialization and export-led growth? Given Russia’s asymmetric economic relations with these […]

Gaye Christoffersen

Access Meeting China-Russia , Asymmetric economic relations , Silk Road fever , State-led industrialization , Valdai Discussion Club

Jun 03,2016 Alternative Scenarios

Negative Scenario I: The Integration of China’s Northeast and Russia’s Far East in the Silk Road Economic Belt

Beijing’s initiative, the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB), is meant to contribute to China’s economic rise by creating markets for surplus production of such goods as steel and cement, putting Chinese companies to work building infrastructure, and integrating China’s economy with its periphery. It also was meant to develop comprehensive relations with countries along the […]

Gaye Christoffersen

Dongbei-RFE integration , EEU , ESPO , Heilongjiang , SREB