1st Edition

Putin’s “Turn to the East” in the Xi Jinping Era

Edited By Gilbert Rozman, Gaye Christoffersen Copyright 2024
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

Rozman, Christoffersen, and a team of expert contributors analyze the evolution of Vladimir Putin’s reorientation to Asia since 2012. When Putin announced a “Turn to the East” in Russian foreign policy upon his return to the presidency, this was to be strategic reorientation emphasizing multilateralism. As the years have passed, however, this has turned into a tight reliance on the bilateral... Read more

Introduction

Gilbert Rozman and Gaye Christoffersen

Part 1 Conceptualizing the Big Picture

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

Gilbert Rozman

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

Gilbert Rozman

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

Katie Stallard and Gilbert Rozman

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

Gaye Christoffersen

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

Gaye Christoffersen

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

Gilbert Rozman

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

James D.J. Brown

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

Sergey Radchenko and Mendee Jargalsaikhan

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

Gilbert Rozman

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

Gaye Christoffersen

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

Gilbert Rozman

Biography

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.