The most important issues at the summit of the Association of Asia-Pacific cooperation

At the summit of the Association for Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation, which is being held in Beijing,, the economic agency that brings together 21 countries, with the sum of their economies, account for over half of global gross domestic product, China wants to take advantage of the moment to assert its position as the second largest economy of the world. For Beijing, it is important to state the needs of the country in the international arena, on the occasion of the difficulties experienced by Obama, fresh from electoral defeat and Russia, increasingly in crisis due to international sanctions following the Ukrainian question. The general themes have revolved around questions of economic cooperation and infrastructure development to improve the inter-connections in the region. Very important was the meeting between the Chinese and Japanese delegations, led by senior leaders of their respective countries. The signing of an agreement that recognizes the different positions of the two states, with regard to the dispute of the disputed islands, is a first step towards a détente, which, although temporary, can become the basis for reaching an agreement, that knows how to avoid dangerous degeneration. One of the most important points of the summit was set up by the increase in relations between China and Russia; Beijing, aware of the economic difficulties that Russia is struggling nation whose economy is totally dependent on the sale of raw materials and without an industrial system that can create viable economic alternatives, has entered into an agreement for the construction of a new pipeline that will lead the gas to China through Siberia. Beijing To be able to have gas as an energy source for its industry, will allow to reduce coal consumption and consequently bring down the ever increasing rate of pollution, which has become real national emergency. For Russia it is to have found an alternative market and very consistent, to the European one, which eliminates the time quota of sanctions, but, at the same time, it allows to diversify its customer could potentially, in the future, also aim to a rise in the price dictated by the wider audience of buyers. Moscow and Beijing have also reached agreements on the construction of high-speed rail infrastructure and cooperation in financial matters. The most interesting match will take place in the coming days with a US delegation led by Obama, who has weakened in its functions by the vote of the medium-term, which saw the victory of the Republicans. On the contrary, Xi Jinping however, emerged strengthened his position in the recent congress of the Chinese Communist Party, who fully supported his line. The new balances in the US Congress, it could result in a change of the main objectives in foreign policy, which could be a change resulting in less attention to the question of the supremacy of the Pacific, towards a greater focus on Ukraine and the fight against the Islamic state. The two countries have established a relationship of mutual mistrust due to the American desire to seek supremacy in the region that China considers its area of strategic interest; However, China may underestimate the Republican attitude, which does not allow a military buildup and Chinese policy towards the states of Southeast Asia, where American interests are concrete, sustained by the presence of allies of long standing and of primary importance to which were added positive relationships with other countries a time enemies, which are placed under the influence USA, just to escape intrusiveness Chinese. Beyond the facade statements is true that relations between the two countries, which are now the two superpowers, albeit in a world no longer polarized as in the last century, are characterized by a high level of stress due to the profound differences on their geopolitical visions and communication problems affected the appearance of the human rights issue that Beijing refuses to deal appealing to general matters of an internal nature. The phase of the last two years of Obama might hold surprises in Beijing, for a possible further tightening of US foreign policy, which should become increasingly pragmatic and certainly more hostile to China's remarkable growth and where the reset is working on a substantial portion of the national budget. What is likely to alter the precarious but overall stable equilibrium in the region of Southeast Asia, which could see up the level of the comparison.