March – April 2024

The Asan Forum > Putin

Putin

Select the date
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Introduction

The Trump campaign and transition have aroused anxiety unlike anything seen in the recent history of US presidential leadership changes. This is visible in virtually every region in […]

Editorial Staff

ASEAN, Asia pivot, burden-sharing, cross-Strait relations, Denuclearization, Duterte, energy, nuclear proliferation, Putin, rebalance, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, Taiwan, tariffs, TPP, trilateralism, Trump administration, Tsai Ing-wen, war on drugs
December 16, 2016 Open Forum
Caught Between Two Big Powers? Central Asia Under the Weight of Russian and Chinese Influence

In 1991, the Soviet Union’s collapse reshaped the East/West problematic as it had emerged after World War II. Inside Soviet space, a number of cultural elements distinguished the […]

Sebastien Peyrouse

Afghanistan, Arab Spring, Armenia, authoritarianism, banking, Belarus, Central Asia, Collective Security Treaty Organization, colonialism, colored revolutions, Crimea, drug trafficking, energy, Eurasian Economic Union, Georgia, Islam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, migration, NATO, One Belt One Road, Putin, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Territorial Disputes, terrorism, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang
November 1, 2016 Special Forum
Trilateralism and Realignment: Reassessing Three Triangles with South Korea

South Korea stands at the vortex of three geopolitical triangles and also in the shadow of the North Korean menace to regional stability. All of these trilateral configurations […]

Gilbert Rozman

5thnuclear test, comfort women, constitutional revisionism, Denuclearization, Eastern Economic Forum, Eurasia Economic Union, Eurasian Initiative, GSOMIA, Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative, Park Geun-hye, Putin, rebalance to Asia, Russian Far East, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea, TPP, trilateralism, US election
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario I

As Abe Shinzo proceeds at breakneck pace to reach a breakthrough with Vladimir Putin, at least five questions need to be addressed from the perspective of the United […]

Gilbert Rozman

four islands in a batch, G7, Multipolarity, Putin, Russian Far East, sanctions, Shinzo Abe, THAAD, two plus alpha
October 26, 2016 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario I

Japan-Russia relations started gaining momentum from the beginning of 2016, and even for optimistic observers of that relationship, the tempo of activation that we see now is amazing. […]

Kazuhiko Togo

1956 Joint Declaration, Crimea, Eastern Economic Forum, four islands in a batch, Hikiwake, Kawana proposal, Putin, Shinzo Abe, Sochi summit, two plus alpha, Ukraine, Vladivostok summit
October 13, 2016 Open Forum
On the Brink of a Breakthrough or Doomed to Fail Again: Will A Fresh Effort at Repairing Russo-Japanese Relations Bear Fruit?

Of all major countries, Japan has been the only one to pursue relations with Russia on a generally positive trajectory since the 2014 Ukraine crisis. Recently, the pace […]

Dmitri Trenin

1956 Moscow Declaration, Crimea, Northern Sea Route, Putin, Shinzo Abe, turn to the East, Ukraine crisis, Yamaguchi summit
June 10, 2016 Review Article
Russian Authors on the Korean Peninsula and on Japan in Joint Publications

25-ia Godovshchina Ustanovleniia Diplomaticheskikh Otnoshenii mezhdu Respublikoi Koreia i Rossiei: rezul’taty i vyzovy (25th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Russia: […]

Gilbert Rozman

NAPCI, Putin, Resolution 2270, Russo-DPRK relations, Shinzo Abe, Suzuki-Muneo scandal, Trustpolitik
March 5, 2015 Open Forum
Russia’s Policy towards China: Key Players and the Decision-making Process

Analyzing the foreign policy of modern states, many scholars lean towards describing different transactions as a result of interactions between states, which have their own interests and will, […]

Alexander Gabuev

Balancing Against the West, Kremlin, Personality Politics, pivot to Asia, Putin, Sino-Russian Relations
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)
October 18, 2013 Topics of the Month
Japan-Russia Relations – 4

September and early October have been relatively calm months, but nevertheless, both in international events and in the rejoinders that we have received in this forum, there were […]

Kazuhiko Togo

2+2 Meetings, 70th Anniversary of World War II, no visa system, Putin, Putin’s image in Japan, Russian Foreign Ministry, Shinzo Abe, the China card