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International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Advance Access originally published online on December 13, 2008
International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 2009 9(2):207-244; doi:10.1093/irap/lcn027
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Russian perceptions and policies in a multipolar East Asia under Yeltsin and Putin

Paradorn Rangsimaporn1,2

1 Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
2 1/1 Soi Kasemsan 2 Rama 1 Road, Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Email: don824{at}hotmail.com

While the desire to counterbalance US unilateralism informed Russian perceptions and advocacy of multipolarity globally, the complex and fluid balance of power in a multipolar East Asia complicates Russian perceptions and policies of multipolarity regionally and counterbalancing US power became not the sole goal. Russia's aim in East Asia was to reassert its influence while ensuring a stable regional environment in order for Russia to restore itself as a great power. However, the relatively stabilizing US regional role, the rise of neighboring China, the prospects of Japanese remilitarization and strengthened US–Japanese military alliance, and the lack of a Northeast Asian security structure are factors that pose both challenges and opportunities for Russian policymakers in pursuing Russian interests and great-power aims. Such factors have served to make Russian perceptions and policy in East Asia somewhat contradictory. While Russia's great-power aspiration was relatively clear, the policies to achieve this remained vague and inconclusive.

Received for publication May 9, 2008. Accepted for publication October 30, 2008.


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