Open Thread 139, by Anatoly Karlin

The Real Importance Of The Latest Russian-Pakistani Naval Drills – Andrew Korybko

Pakistan continues relying on Russia to pragmatically rebalance ties with China. The Russian and Pakistani Navies conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) in the Arabian Sea last week. This is a standard drill, “during which communication and interaction between them are checked in a military situation or when providing humanitarian assistance”, according to Izvestia. It therefore wasn’t a big […]

Russia calls for broad agreements on peaceful cooperation between countries – Lavrov Geopolitica.ru

Moscow pursues a peaceful and responsible foreign policy, calling for broad agreements on the peaceful cooperation between countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Wednesday. “Russia has been consistently calling for broad agreements and pragmatic cooperation between countries with the […]

Japan PM Kishida’s Coalition Keeps Majority With Fewer Seats

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition kept a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday but was expected to lose some seats in a setback for his weeks-old government grappling with a coronavirus-battered economy and regional security challenges, according to preliminary results. Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Komeito together have […]