Russia in the Indo-Pacific: New Approaches to Russian Foreign Policy

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Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of tables
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	Russian realism in Asia
	The Soviet-era legacy
	Explaining Russian foreign policy behavior
	Constructivism and Eurasianism
	Asian IR theory
	A Russian IR theory
	In this volume
		Triangular relations
		Foreign policy identities
		Russia’s regional relations
		Domestic sources of foreign policy
	Conclusion
	References
Part 1: China, Russia, and US: triangular relations
	Chapter 1: China–Russia relations in times of crisis: A neoclassical realist explanation
		Analytical framework: neoclassical realism
		The pattern of China’s and Russia’s reactions
			China’s reaction pattern to the Ukraine crisis
			Russia’s reaction to the SCS dispute
		Systemic and unit-level factors in China’s and Russia’s reaction to the crises
			China’s interests in the post-Soviet space and sensitivity to territorial disputes
			Russia’s reorientation to Asia and interests in East and Southeast Asia
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2: Russia and the United States in Asia-Pacific: A Perspective of the English School
		The hegemonic US grand strategy
		The English School and Russia: an unlikely affinity
			State-Centrism
			The balance of power
			Concert of powers
			Nuclear weapons
			Culture and values
		Countering US hegemony in Asia-Pacific
		The North Korea nuclear problem and the US–China–Russia strategic triangle
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3: Russia, China, and the American Dilemma
		An evolving triangular game
		The American Dilemma
		Notes
Part 2: Foreign policy identities
	Chapter 4: Primordial rites or civic values?: Korean identity and its formation in the Russian Far East
		Introduction
		“Constructivism plus”: primordial and constructed cultures
		Korean diaspora in the Russian Far East
			First Korean settlers in Primorskiy Province
			Sakhalin Koreans
			North Korean workers
		Korean diaspora in Primorskiy Province and its main cultural identifiers
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Sources Cited
	Chapter 5: Strategic partnership or alliance?: Sino-Russian relations from a constructivist perspective 1
		Identity in Wendt’s constructivist theory
		Identity in China’s and Russia’s perspectives on constructivist theory and the cultural formation of their foreign policy
		The development of a common identity as the foundation for the Sino-Russian strategic partnership
		Harmony and honor in China’s and Russia’s foreign policy
			China’s “harmonious” way to solve disputes
			Russia’s honor response to conflicts with others
		The differences in Sino-Russian identities and the impossibility of alliance
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
Part 3: Russia’s regional relations
	Chapter 6: The Sino-Russian partnership and the East Asian order
		The English School and international order
		Sino-Russian great power management and order in East Asia
		The Sino-Russian challenge to the US-led order in East Asia
			Opposition to the THAAD system and expansion of the US alliance system
			Nonproliferation to nonnuclear states
			Limited role for outside powers
			Noninterference in the domestic affairs of authoritarian states
		Crisis management in territorial disputes
		Parallel policy efforts
			The Philippines
			Burma
		The Sino-Russian order versus the US alliance system
		The Trump factor
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgment
		Note
		References
	Chapter 7: The vestige of history and “cold peace” between Russia and Japan
		Introduction
		The Cold War decades
		Early post-Cold War years
		Late twentieth–early twenty-first centuries: regional dynamic and its impact on Russian–Japanese relations
		The Ukraine crisis and implications for Russia–Japan relations
		Territorial stalemate and cold peace in recent Russia–Japan relations
		The growing military significance of the disputed islands
		Unfavorable public opinion in both countries
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 8: Sino-Russian accommodation and adaptation in Eurasian regional order formation 1
		Russian Far East in the silk road economic belt
			Eastern Economic Forum 2015
		Redefining regional order
		Chinese responses to the greater Eurasian partnership
		Japan and China at the 2016 Eastern Economic Forum
			2017 Eastern Economic Forum
			2018 Eastern Economic Forum
			2019 Eastern Economic Forum
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 9: Russia and Southeast Asia: The road less traveled
		Introduction
		Theoretical perspectives on Russia and Southeast Asia relations
		Geopolitical setting in Southeast Asia
		Small states and big powers
		Post-cold war Russia in a “crowded” region
		Southeast Asia in the Russian scheme of foreign policies
		Russian pivot and relations with ASEAN/Southeast Asia
		Southeast Asia’s utility and links with Russia
		Revisionist or status quo?
		Prospects for long-term Russia–Southeast Asia relations
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgments
		Notes
Part 4: Domestic sources of foreign policy
	Chapter 10: The significance of Russia to China: Research methods on Russia and the Soviet Union
		Introduction
		The significance of Russia to China
		Evolution and inadequacy of China’s Russian and Soviet research
		Methodology discussion of Russian and Soviet studies
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 11: Russian methodological and theoretical approaches to the analysis of Sino-Russian relations in 1990s–2010s 1 .
		Debate on Non-western IR and development of Russian IR
		Academic and expert centers and discussion formats
		Dynamics of the research on Sino-Russian relations in Russia in the 1990s to 2000s.
			Research on Sino-Russian bilateral contacts
			Analysis of Sino-Russian IR
		Development of the analysis of Sino-Russian relations in the 2010s
			Analysis of Sino-Russian relations in the context of a changing world order
			Debate on the emergence of a formalized Sino-Russian alliance
		Analysis of Sino-Russian relations in multilateral formats
			Strategic triangles: China–Russia–US and Russia–India–China (RIC)
			BRICS
		Sino-Russian relations in the Eurasian region
			China and Russia in the SCO
			Analysis of the coordination of BRI and EEU and the debate on greater Eurasia
		Analysis of bilateral ties between Russia and China
			Continuously researched focal issues in the analysis of Bilateral contacts
			New trends
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
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