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

... define the unique niches and competitive advantages (if any), pursuing proactiveness instead of passive expectation of other counterparts’ initiatives. This would assist in overcoming the inertia of bureaucracy that in no small part plagued the “Turn to the East 1.0.” Mikhail Polianskii, Pascal Abb: A New Sino-Russian Entente? Limits of Cooperation on Ukraine and Beyond Among other practical recommendations are facilitating Track 1.5 and 2 dialogue, also fostering people-to-people exchange, traditionally welcomed by the Asian societies. One of such areas is ...