Country Report: Russia (August 2025)

Country Report: Russia History issues pervaded summertime Russian coverage of East Asia, including views of WWII and the Korean War. They arose in discussions of the September 3 […]

Country Report: Russia (July 2025)

With Trump cutting trade deals, Xi Jinping seeking to rally states behind his notion of globalization, the EU and NATO steeling themselves to support Ukraine more fully, and […]

Country Report: Russia (May 2025)

In the early spring of 2025, Russian coverage of East Asia reflected confidence in foreign policy as well as a quest to solidify successes. One article recognized achievements […]

Country Report: Russia (March 2025)

Praise for China permeated Russian writings in the winter of 2025, sometimes backed by contrasts with Russia’s foreign policy choices in the late 1980s. Rejection of “universal values” […]

Country Report: Russia (January 2024)

Russian writings on the Asia-Pacific region at the end of 2024 and into 2025 took note of shifts in leadership in South Korea and Japan as well as […]

Country Report: Russia (November 2024)

Along with some coverage of Ishiba Shigeru’s start as Japan’s prime minister, attention this fall has centered on the BRICS summit—which Russia hosted in Kazan—and on China and […]

Country Report: Russia (September 2024)

Through the summer of 2024 no issue related to East Asia drew more attention than ongoing troubles in Sino-Russian bilateral trade. Other themes were Sino-US relations, China’s economic […]

Country Report: Russia (May 2024)

Putin’s May trip to China and June trips to North Korea and Vietnam showcased the Asian axis of his pursuit of a new world order. Some commentators abroad […]

Country Report: Russia (March 2024)

China, Sino-US relations, North Korea, India, and the BRICS as well as a possible Japan-North Korea summit drew attention in Russian publications in the first months of 2024. […]

Country Report: Russia (January 2024)

Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI, or One Belt One Road (OBOR) in Russian eyes) summit in Beijing, Xi Jinping’s summit with Joe Biden […]