Russia in the Indo-Pacific
This volume zones in on Russias relations with the Indo-Pacific region through the lens of theoretical pluralism, presenting alternatives to the mainstream Realist view of Russia as a major power using geopolitical strategies to establish itself.
Russia in the Indo-Pacific is an understudied topic that needs a fresh perspective. Contributors to this volume are based across Russia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the USA, drawing on a range of multinational perspectives and theoretical approaches encompassing realism and liberalism, constructivism and the English school of international relations. Reflecting a trend of internationalization in the Russian study of IR, such theoretical pluralism could facilitate Russian contributions to emerging global IR theory.
Russia in the Indo-Pacific contributes towards a more intelligible common discourse in the Indo-Pacific, of interest to students and scholars of Sino-Russian relations, Indo-Pacific international relations, and international relations theory. It will also be of interest to policymakers and general readers following foreign policy and economic trends in the Indo-Pacific who want to better understand Russias role.
Gaye Christoffersen is Professor of International Politics, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Nanjing Center, Nanjing University. Recent publications include Sino-Russian Local Relations: Heihe and Blagoveshchensk, Asan Forum (2019); Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Korean Strategies for Northeast Asian Cross-Border Energy Connectivity, Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies Journal (2019); Northeast China and the Russian Far East: Positive Scenarios and Negative Scenarios, in International Relations and Asias Northern Tier: Sino-Russia Relations, North Korea, and Mongolia.
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Russia in the Indo-Pacific
New Approaches to Russian Foreign Policy
Gaye Christoffersen
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Russia in the Indo-Pacific
New Approaches to Russian Foreign Policy
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Tables
- 1.1 Neoclassical Realist Analytical Framework
- 9.1 ASEAN Exports and Imports of Goods by Trading Partner (20152019)
- 9.2 Top Ten Goods Exported from ASEAN to Russia, 2019
- 9.3 Top Ten Goods Imported to ASEAN from Russia, 2019
Contributors
Tsuneo Akaha is a Professor Emeritus, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, an Honorary Doctorate recipient from the Scientific Council of the Economic Research Institute, Khabarovsk, and author/editor of Crossing National Borders, Politics and Economics in the Russian Far East; Russia and East Asia: Informal and Gradual Integration; The US-Japan Alliance: Balancing Soft and Hard Power in East Asia; and Handbook of Japan-Russia Relations (forthcoming)
Gaye Christoffersen is a Professor of International Politics, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Nanjing Center, Nanjing University. Her recent publications include Sino-Russian Local Relations: Heihe and Blagoveshchensk, Asan Forum (2019); Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Korean Strategies for Northeast Asian Cross-Border Energy Connectivity, Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies Journal (2019); Northeast China and the Russian Far East: Positive Scenarios and Negative Scenarios, in International Relations and Asias Northern Tier: Sino-Russia Relations, North Korea, and Mongolia.
Lowell Dittmer is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Chinas Political Economy in the Xi Jinping Epoch: Domestic and Global Dimensions, Chinas Asia: Triangular Dynamics since the Cold War, Sino-Soviet Normalization and Its International Implications, Chinas Quest for National Identity, China Under Modernization, and South Asias Nuclear Crisis.
Amanda Huan is a PhD candidate at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include international institutions and political psychology. She was a co-editor of Faith, Identity Cohesion: Building a Better Future (2020). Her works have also been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Armed Forces & Society, and Global Change, Peace & Security.
Alexander Korolev is a Senior Lecturer in politics and international relations in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design, and Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include international relations theory and comparative politics with special reference to China and Russia. His recent articles appeared in various peer-reviewed journals, including International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review
