Russia as an Aspiring Great Power in East Asia: Perceptions and Policies from Yeltsin to Putin (St. Antony's Series) PDF
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St Antony’s Series General Editor: Jan Zielonka (2004– ), Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford Recent titles include: Paradorn Rangsimaporn RUSSIA AS AN ASPIRING GREAT POWER IN EAST ASIA Perceptions and Policies from Yeltsin to Putin Motti Golani THE END OF THE BRITISH MANDATE FOR PALESTINE, 1948 The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney Demetra Tzanaki WOMEN AND NATIONALISM IN THE MAKING OF MODERN GREECE The Founding of the Kingdom of the Greco-Turkish War Simone Bunse SMALL STATES AND EU GOVERNANCE Leadership through the Council Presidency Judith Marquand DEVELOPMENT AID IN RUSSIA Lessons from Siberia Li-Chen Sim THE RISE AND FALL OF PRIVATIZATION IN THE RUSSIAN OIL INDUSTRY Stefania Bernini FAMILY LIFE AND INDIVIDUAL WELFARE IN POSTWAR EUROPE Britain and Italy Compared Tomila V. 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A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne 99778800223300--221100111100__0011__pprreexxiivv..iinndddd iivv 77//2299//22000099 77::2200::5511 AAMM Dedicated to my parents 99778800223300--221100111100__0011__pprreexxiivv..iinndddd vv 77//2299//22000099 77::2200::5522 AAMM This page intentionally left blank Table of Contents List of Maps ix List of Tables x Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Research aims 1 1.2 Elite perceptions and Russian foreign policy 2 1.3 Terminology 5 1.4 Data and methodology 7 1.5 Chapter outline 9 2 Actors in Russia’s East Asia Policymaking 11 2.1 Defining and characterising actors 11 2.2 Central actors 13 2.3 Sectoral actors 17 2.4 The political elite 19 2.5 Specialists 20 2.6 The Russian Far East elite 21 3 Continuities and Evolution in Russian Perceptions of East Asia 23 3.1 The Eurasianist perspective 23 3.2 The Economic perspective 29 3.3 The Multipolarity perspective 35 3.4 Russia as a ‘Great Power’ – the unifying theme 40 4 The Many Faces of Eurasianism 42 4.1 Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’ and a balanced foreign policy 44 4.2 Geopolitics and the Neo-Eurasianist movement 49 4.3 The ‘Intercivilisational’ interpretation of Eurasianism 53 4.4 Critical views and the ‘End of Eurasia’ 56 4.5 Conclusion: Rationalising Russia’s great-power status 58 vii 99778800223300--221100111100__0011__pprreexxiivv..iinndddd vviiii 77//2299//22000099 77::2200::5522 AAMM viii Table of Contents 5 Economic Integrationist Aim and Projecting Influence 60 5.1 Economic integration: Russia’s place in the East Asian sun? 61 5.2 Energy interdependence: The locomotive for Russia’s integration? 79 5.3 Arming East Asia: Russia’s economic gains or strategic liability? 89 5.4 Conclusion: The realisation of Russian influence and great-power ambitions 99 6 Multipolarity and the East Asian Balance of Power 101 6.1 Multipolarity and Russian foreign policy 102 6.2 Managing a multipolar East Asia 108 6.3 Russian views of an East Asian regional security system 122 6.4 Conclusion: Reasserting Russia’s derzhavnost’ 128 7 Case Studies 130 7.1 The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) 130 7.2 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 134 7.3 Russia as a Eurasian landbridge 139 7.4 Russia’s oil pipeline routes to East Asia 144 8 Conclusion 152 8.1 The beginnings of a Russian East Asia discourse 152 8.2 The perceptual components of the discourse 154 8.3 The convergence of perceptions from Yeltsin to Putin 155 8.4 Three perspectives in search of a great-power role 156 Notes 159 Bibliography 218 Index 250 99778800223300--221100111100__0011__pprreexxiivv..iinndddd vviiiiii 77//2299//22000099 77::2200::5522 AAMM Maps 2.1 The Russian Far East and East Siberia in 2008 13 7.1 The Trans-Siberian Land Bridge Network 140 7.2 East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Oil Pipeline Route (as of April 2007) 148 ix 99778800223300--221100111100__0011__pprreexxiivv..iinndddd iixx 77//2299//22000099 77::2200::5522 AAMM
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