Taking (Another) Turn to the East: Making Sense of Russia’s Stance in the Asia-Pacific

... as well as a whole range of Southeast Asian countries) in the Asia-Pacific, could in fact be a steppingstone for strengthening ... ... realized, one has to admit the mistakes made during the first “turn to the East”, which most of all suffered from lack of consistent ... ... been struggling to balance on a fine line between avoiding accusations of directly helping Russia and sticking to its commitment ... .... On the conceptual level, neither Russia nor China accept the Indo-Pacific framing used by some regional powers (Australia, Japan ...