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"The essays in "Imperial Decline" cover significant new ground regarding a topic that is certain to grow in importance in the coming months and years."--Ross H. Munro, Foreign Policy Research Institute
List of contents
Preface 1
What is Asia to Russia? 5
Russia and the Asia-Pacific Region: Politics and Polemics / Ole M. Smolansky 7
Russian and China in Central Asia / Stephen J. Blank 40
Russian and China 63
Russia Looks at China / Stephen J. Blank 65
Russian Foreign Policy in the Chinese Context / Bruce A. Elleman 99
Russia and Japan 127
Russo-Japanese Relations: Implications for Northeast Asian Security / Rajan Menon 129
The Korean Peninsula 153
Russia's Relations with North Korea / Alvin Z. Rubenstein 155
The Russian Federation and South Korea / Honghchan Chun and Charles E. Ziegler 185
Russia and the United States 211
Implications for the United States of Russia's Far East Policy / Harry Gelman 213
U.S.-Russian Relations in East Asia: A View from Moscow / Henry Trofimenko 244
Conclusion 272
Index 285
Contributors 295
About the author
Stephen J. Blank is MacArthur Professor of Research, U.S. Army War College. Alvin Z. Rubinstein is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
Summary
A collection of essays which analyses Russian policies in China, Japan, and the two Koreas. It describes the major changes that have occurred in Russia's relations with China, Japan, and South Korea under Boris Yeltzin's presidency.
