Putin's "Turn to the East" in the Xi Jinping Era

ISBN-13: 9781032478227 / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str.

Opis

Rozman, Christoffersen and a team of expert contributors analyse the evolution of Vladimir Putin’s reorientation to Asia since 2012. A comprehensive review of Russian policy towards the Indo-Pacific, which is essential reading for courses on Russian foreign policy and international relations in East Asia.

Spis treści

Introduction

Part 1 Conceptualizing the Big Picture

1. Tracking Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’

2. Debating Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’

3. The Illusion that Realism Is Driving Sino-Russian Relations

Part 2 Turning in Multiple Directions

4. The Russian Far East and China’s Northeast: A Decade in the Shadow of the Belt and Road Initiative

5. Central Asia over a Decade: The Shifting Balance between Russia and China

6. Russian Thinking about the Korean Peninsula and the US Role There over a Decade

7. Russian ‘Turns to the East’ yet away from Japan

8. Mongolia: Russia’s Best Friend in Asia?

9. Conceptualization of the Indo-Pacific in Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’

Part 3 Reconciling the Ukraine War and the "Turn to the East"

10. Russian Thinking about CSTO Peacekeeping: Central Asia, China, and the Ukraine War

11. Russian Thinking on Sino-Russian Relations and the Ukraine War

O autorze

Gilbert Rozman is the Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, USA, and Editor-in-chief of the Asan Forum.

Gaye Christoffersen is former Professor International Politics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Hopkins-Nanjing Center.