AMERICAN, CHINESE AND RUSSIAN VOICES ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE ASIAPACIFIC REGION
AMERICAN, CHINESE AND RUSSIAN VOICES ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE ASIAPACIFIC REGION

Summary/Abstract: On 3rd-5th June, 2013 the 27th Asian-Pacifi c Roundtable was organized in KualaLumpur. Th e conference held traditionally in the Malaysian capital provided invited speakers withan occasion for presentations of their views on current problem countries situated in Asia andaround the Pacifi c Ocean, as well as the future of relations between them.Th is time, the theme ofthe Asian-Pacifi c Roundtable was Strategising Change in Asia. USA Ambassador Hill said thatreports about the decline of the West seemed to be premature. He proposed not to overestimatesuccesses of Asian countries scored mainly in the fi eld of economy and reminded once again thatEurope as well as North America possessed experience in overcoming problems of diff erent nature.Minister Morgulov from Russia tried to convince that Russian politicians are aware thattheir state possessed too little potential to compete successfully with the United States or Chinafor the regional or global leadership. It seems that Russia has begun to implement some kind ofcontainment strategy aimed at the containment of Russia’s diminishing signifi cance in the world.

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