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December 28, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Was President Putin’s visit on December 15-16 a success or a failure? Media coverage seems to have been almost unanimous in Japan and Russia. In Japan, a general […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1855 treaty, 1956 Joint Declaration, Abe Shinzo, APEC, Kuril Islands, Northern Territories, Peace Treaty, Putin, Territorial Disputes, Trump administration, two islands, two plus alpha
November 24, 2016 Country Reports
Country Report: Russia (November 2016)

Noteworthy in the fall of 2016 has been the increase in articles about the Russo-Japanese relationship. They accompanied the Eastern Economic Forum meeting of Putin and Abe and […]

Editorial Staff (with the assistance of Olga Puzanova)

Crimea, Eurasian Economic Commission, Eurasian Economic Union, European Union, G7, Kuril Islands, NATO, Northern Territories, Russian Far East, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Silk Road Economic Belt
August 29, 2016 Special Forum
Russian views of Japanese history

As Russia and Japan strive in 2016 for a breakthrough in a relationship long seen as falling behind its true potential, historical consciousness on the Russian side is […]

Dmitry Streltsov

1956 Declaration, Anti-Comintern Pact, Kuril Islands, South Sakhalin, Soviet Union, WWII