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RUSI Newsbrief
September 2018 , No: 8

Vostok’s Weak Optics Reveal Russia and China’s Fractured Relationship

RUSI Newsbrief, September 2018

Emily Ferris and Veerle Nouwens

The joint Russia–China Vostok exercises demonstrated some military cooperation between the two. However, the more significant event was the concomitant Eastern Economic Forum, an investment forum hosted in Russia’s Far East. Amid a depressed economy, Russia is attempting to encourage Chinese investment in the Far East, but many deals with China have fallen through and large-scale investment is unlikely to be forthcoming.

Global Security Issues, Land Forces
Servicemen of the Pakistan Armed Forces take part in anti-terrorist training as part of the Druzhba-2017 [Friendship] Russian-Pakistani joint military drills in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz. Courtesy of Denis Abramov/PA Images

Pakistan’s Army Reverses the Great Game: The Oxus Meets the Indus

RUSI Newsbrief, September 2018

Kamal Alam

In 1947, Pakistan’s army inherited the default position and strategy of British India in opposing Russian influence and inroads into Afghanistan and Central Asia. Now, for the first time in 200 years, they have reversed the old British policy of confronting the Russians for control over Central Asia. Pakistan’s army now sees the Russians as their strategic partners.

Armed Forces, Global Strategy and Commitments, International Responses, Military Personnel