In this article, an attempt has been made to consider the consequences of Russia-Ukraine conflict, provoked by USA, not only at the global and regional, but at the country level, as well. By the Pakistan example it has been shown the Washington's attempts to use in the implicit form this new hotbed of tension to remove the unsuitable government of Imran Khan, which led to the polarization of the society social structure, plunged at present stage into deep economic and political crises threatening unpredictable internal and external consequences for the Pakistani state.
Air transport has become the most dynamic segment of the PRC's transport services market. As a necessary conditon for the country's territorial integrity and the unity of its economic space, regular air lines connect all parts of the huge state, ensure the expansion of China's foreign economic relatons and its integraton into the system of world economic relatons. Despite the losses incurred by the industry in 2020 due to the COVID‑19 epidemic, China contnues to explode its air travel market. Moreover, the Chinese airlines were the fastest to restore the previous, «dock‑like» indicators. At this stage, the main problem of Chinese civil aviaton is saturaton of the market with aircraf of its own producton. Actng in cooperaton with Russia and other post‑Soviet countries, the PRC begins producton of its own models of civil aircraf and is thinking about promotng these products to foreign markets.
. In this artcle, an atempt has been made to reveal through the prism of Russia‑Ukrain military confrontaton the US intentons to create a global system of states subordinaton to its world dominaton. The example of Pakistan evidently shows Washington's intolerant attude to the independent foreign policy manifestatons of any country, which is at odds with their interests. And in the American arsenal there are various instruments for punishing "disobedient" states, including the removal of unsuitable governments.
This article examines prospects ofthe Russia-Pakistan economic cooperation, current intensification of which is determined by the general regionalization trend of integration processes on the vast Eurasian continent, where ongoing bilateral Russia-Pakistan joint projectsin the long term perspective will transform into an integral part of the emerging unified infrastructure system of Eurasia.
The article examines the common tendency of the regional integration in the foreign policies of Russia and Pakistan marked by the enhancement of their bilateral relations in the rapidly changing global and regional environment. Their cooperation has been gradually reaching a new level of mutually beneficial partnership as a reflection of Moscow and Islamabad recent involvement in the undertaken formation of the joint economic and security structure of the emerging Greater Eurasia.
The artcle examines Russia and Pakistan bilateral relatons in the multrateral framework of the Shanghai Cooperaton Organizaton. It is revealed, that Moscow and Islamabad had been considerably intensifed their cooperaton with Pakistan admission to SCO on the extensive support of Russia. Their cooperaton has been gradually reaching a new level of mutually benefcial partnership as a refecton of their involvement in the process of Eurasian integraton.
The article is devoted to the important role of cultural and humanitarian cooperation for the interaction and mutual understanding promotion between regionally close states in the vector of Eurasian integration. On the example of Russia, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, it has been attempted to identify the positive experience of humanitarian cooperation with these countries shared historical and socio-cultural memory going back to Soviet times. It has been also shown, that, despite unprecedented increase at the present stage of anti-Russian campaign on the part of the United States and its allies, there is orientation maintenance among these friendly countries towards each other states on the implementation of Eurasian integration processes. Last but not least, it has been achieved by creating an intercultural dialogue through people diplomacy and shared historical memory protection by friendly nations associated, besides other things, with the creative heritage of outstanding Soviet, Russian, Kyrgyz and Pakistani writers, scientists and public figures. Among them, there are two main personalities of Eurasian friends — the Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and the Soviet-Russian-Kyrgyz novelist and diplomat Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov, whose rich literary and social activities contributed to the enhancement of interstate cooperation in the field of culture, science and public relations, peoples convergence in the Eurasian space as a whole.
This article is a review of the International conference «The Islamic Republic of Pakistan: Problems and Prospects of Development (on the 75th Anniversary of Independence)». The event was held on September 26, 2022 at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in a mixed part-time format by using the Zoom platform. Speeches and reports of numerous International conference participants, presented by the Head and staff of the Pakistani and Russian diplomatic missions in Moscow and Islamabad respectively, members of a high-ranking delegation of Pakistani Senators, as well as of Heads, staff, senior and junior scholars of leading Russian and Pakistani analytical centers, institutes and various institutions, covered a wide range issues on Pakistan studies. Besides the official greetings and addresses by Honorable Guests of this International forum, the conference program also reflected relevant studies of domestic and Pakistani scholars on Pakistan national statehood building, its current inner political, socio-economic problems, the main directions of this country foreign policy at the global and regional level, including the possibilities of enhancing Pakistan-Russia relations on bilateral and multilateral cooperation with the geographically close states in the vector of Eurasian integration by means of major joint investment projects implementation. Much attention at the conference was paid to the necessity of the socio-cultural communication formation between the Russian and Pakistani peoples for the increase of their mutual understanding and convergence. A separate remarkable event was devoted to this issue within the framework of the International conference, which took place at the Eastern Cultural Center of the IOS RAS. It was connected with the presentation of the Three–volume «Encyclopedia of Muhammad Iqbal' (in Urdu) and the solemn ceremony of its donation to the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences by the Honorary Speaker of the conference, Chairman of the of Pakistan Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, Senator Walid Iqbal — grandson of the outstanding Pakistani poet and thinker, the 'Spiritual Father of Pakistan» Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
There are some unique, rare specialists in Russian and world Oriental studies, whose names and fundamental works are associated with the creation of a new, separate area of research. Such scholars include Yuri V. Gankovsky — an outstanding Russian orientalist, Professor, Doctor of History, who traveled a long and fruitful way of academic maturity within the walls of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences / Russian Academy of Sciences (1956–2001). His research interests included the study of the Middle East, Central and South Asia countries. However, in a wide range of Professor Gankovsky's academic research the central place was occupied by problems related to the history and contemporary state of Pakistan, which appeared on the world political map in 1947. His useful research works on different aspects of the domestic Pakistani studies, the creator and head of which he was, received worldwide fame and recognition. His huge creative legacy retains not only its scholarly relevance, but practical significance as well. It is not an exaggeration to say, that Yuri V. Gankovsky with his fruitful academic work and effective public activities, intertwined with it, as he also was the president of Pakistan Friends Association, laid the foundation for one more relevant area — academic diplomacy, which feeds official diplomacy in building constructive Soviet / Russia-Pakistan relations. According to his correct assessment, they are not determined by conjunctural considerations, but proceed from the long-term vital state interests of these two regionally close countries. All this was confirmed by the realities of current Russia-Pakistan relations, which are now on the rise.
Данная статья представляет собой обзор круглого стола «Год пребывания у власти правительства Шехбаза Шарифа: итоги и перспективы». Мероприятие проходило 24 апреля 2023 г. в Институте востоковедения РАН. В заседании круглого стола приняли участие ведущие эксперты российских аналитических и академических учреждений страны, представители Комитета по экономическому сотрудничеству со странами Азии и Океании, Делового совета по сотрудничеству с Пакистаном при ТПП РФ, а также Российского Дома международного научно-технического сотрудничества. Выступления и доклады многочисленных участников развернувшейся дискуссии охватывали широкий спектр актуальных проблем внутренней и внешней политики, с которыми пришлось столкнуться коалиционному правительству альянса партий «Пакистанского демократического движения» в течение годичного пребывания у власти в стране (2022–2023). Основное внимание докладчиков было уделено влиянию внутренних и внешних факторов на текущую ситуацию в Пакистане с выходом на региональную обстановку, в том числе на непростые отношения с соседними государствами на его западной и восточной границах. Были также рассмотрены возможные варианты экономического и политического характера по снижению напряженности между ними в условиях процессов региональной интеграции. При этом, исходя из Новой внешнеполитической концепции Российской Федерации (2023), были отмечены ориентиры Москвы на дальнейшее продвижение российско-пакистанских отношений по позитивной траектории в условиях перехода к многополярному миру со смещением центров экономической и политической активности с Запада в Азию, что способствует возрастанию стратегического значения евразийских интеграционных процессов. В результате проведенного комплексного ситуационного анализа по Пакистану эксперты выявили определенную степень преемственности внешнеполитического курса сменявших друг друга правительств во главе с Имран Ханом и Шехбазом Шарифом во взаимодействии с Москвой. Он определяется общностью геостратегических интересов двух стран на региональном и глобальном уровнях и детерминирует перспективы их долгосрочного многопланового сотрудничества в двустороннем и многостороннем форматах в различных евразийских структурах и объединениях, включая ШОС.
