Russian-Chinese Relations and Russia’s Turn to Asia
Russian-Chinese Relations and Russia’s Turn to Asia
Author(s): Marcin KaczmarskiSubject(s): National Economy, Diplomatic history, Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Political behavior, Political economy, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Slavic Research Center
Keywords: Russian-Chinese relations; Moscow’s post-Cold War foreign policy; goals of Russia’s turn to Asia; Sinocentrism on Russia’s policy towards Asia;
Summary/Abstract: The idea of Russia “turning to Asia/the East” has been a recurrent element of Moscow’s post-Cold War foreign policy. Russian politicians and commentators underlined the need to balance their country’s engagement with the West by adopting a more active policy towards Asian states as early as the first half of the 1990s. These calls were mostly driven by growing disappointment in Russian-Western relations. The most recent phase of this policy can be traced back to the early-2010s and was powerfully symbolized by the 2012 APEC summit in Vladivostok. Russia’s “pivot to the East” (povorot na vostok) galvanized in the aftermath of the Russian-Western crisis over Ukraine. Moscow’s relations with Beijing stood out against the backdrop of intensifying ties between Russia and its Asian neighbours, drawing the bulk of attention from the external world.
Journal: Acta Slavica Iaponica
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 111-123
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English