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December 20, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 6

The monthly articles that I have been writing since July on Japan-Russia relations are at an end, and this is going to be my final contribution to the […]

Kazuhiko Togo

eco-tourism, fisheries, hikiwake meaning, historical literacy, joint rule, right of residence, Territorial agreement
December 6, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (December 2013)

In 2013 attitudes toward other countries did not substantially change in contrast to the tectonic changes of 2012, when Japanese awakened to a dangerous region. In the annual […]

Editorial Staff

2+2 Meetings, Active pacifism, cultural arrogance, feeling friendly, historical honor, schools toward South Korea, spheres of influence, status quo power
November 22, 2013 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2013)

The Russian media kept its eye on areas around China’s borders, cautiously raising questions about clashing Russian and Chinese interests. In September the spotlight turned to Central Asia. […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Anti-Americanism, Balanced diplomacy, economic regionalism, Iron Silk Road, Moscow-Beijing axis, Multipolarity, natural gas price, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
November 22, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 5

Japan-Russia relations in November saw a certain degree of activation. At the October 7 meeting between Abe and Putin in Bali, an agreement was reached to hold the […]

Kazuhiko Togo

2+2 Meetings, Article 9, Korean self-righteousness, new national security offices, Yachi Shotaro
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Introduction to Special Forum on Sino-Russian Relations in Triangular Context

The year 2013 is memorable for the increasing liveliness of discussions about the future of Sino-Russian relations. When Xi Jinping made his first visit as president in March […]

Editorial Staff

Alliance, ASEAN, Eurasian Union, infographics, Multipolarity, triangularity
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Japan-Russia Relations in Triangular Context with China

While attention is riveted to Sino-Japanese relations and, lately, has increasingly focused also on Sino-Russian relations, Japan’s relations with Russia have drawn little notice. To the extent that […]

Hyodo Shinji*

2+2 Meetings, Arctic Council, Japan-Russia maritime cooperation, joint military exercises, Okhotsk Sea, Putin, Russia’s Far East exercises, Senkaku (Diaoyu)
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Russia’s China Challenge in a Changing Asia: An American Perspective

Russia’s relations with China have steadily improved for about twenty years after a brief, strong, pro-Western tilt in Russian foreign policy right after the collapse of the Soviet […]

Andrew Kuchins

Axis of necessity, complementarity, distrust, natural gas politics, oil politics, Russia’s pivot to Asia, Russian diversification in Asia, swing state
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership Cooperative Relations and the US Factor

After the Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991, Sino-Soviet relations became Sino-Russian relations. For more than twenty years, these relation ns have developed extremely smoothly, and […]

Li Jingjie*

long-term overlapping interests, mutual economic need, new type of bilateral relationship, Smoothly developing relations, triangularity, US rebalancing
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
Sino-Russian Competition in Mongolia

In recent years China and Russia have presented a solid façade of “strategic partnership,” with leaders emphasizing complementarity of national interests and common approaches to many international problems […]

Sergey Radchenko

Commercial competition, Elbegdorj, Enkhbayar, indirect undercutting, mining, third neighbor policy, trans-Mongolian railroad
November 22, 2013 Special Forum
China-Russia Relations in Central Asia

China-Russia relations in Central Asia are attracting increasing attention from scholars and policymakers. Most analysis thus far, however, has employed the competition framework in examining this relationship. In […]

Zhao Huasheng*

economic integration, limited competition, mutual strategic interests, natural resources, rules of the game, SCO, Silk Route Economic Zone, the US factor