... security across the entire region. The Pentagon believes that any potential conflict can only be deterred through a multilateral security architecture based on ASEAN mechanisms, with Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and India as key actors. Asia-Pacific countries generally seek to establish regional norms and strive for a stable military balance. However, according to US defense analysts, the key source of instability there is the North Korean nuclear programme, which serves as the main ...
Reviving Past Legacies
Reviving Past Legacies
Korea's naval traditions are over one and a half thousand years old: back in the 4th century A.D. King Gwanggaeto the Great, the ruler of Goguryeo, one of the three Korean Kingdoms, occupied the kingdom of Baekje thanks to the skilful use of his fleet. One of the greatest national heroes of Korea is naval commander Yi Sun-shin (1545-1598), renowned for his victories in the Imjin Wars against Japan (1592-1598). Yi Sun-shin became famous in particular...
... might become more flexible on the Kuril Islands dispute with Japan. Abe, however, will have a hard job convincing President Barack Obama that, even under the current circumstances, a Japan-Russia rapprochement will actually benefit U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific.
South Korea is another potential purveyor of technology and investment to Russia—and another U.S. ally. The Koreans, of course, will not break ranks with the Americans on Russia. Seoul, however, is worried that the breakdown in U.S....
On March 4-5, 2014 Seoul hosted the 5th Asian Leadership Conference on security and development in Asia-Pacific where leading politicians, corporation CEOs and key international experts on Asia-Pacific and Northeast Asia participated.
The participants were addressed by RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov who spoke on possible Russia's engagement ...
The Third Global Economy
Thanks to its unique internal organizational qualities and business-related skills, the Chinese diaspora is making key contributions to the development of Southeast Asia, assisting countries in the region in improving their economic fundamentals and their integration into global markets. The latest migration wave from China has increased the ranks of Chinese communities abroad, giving impetus to further economic activities. At the same time, the dominance of Chinese minorities...
The Asia-Pacific region has assumed primary importance as a center of global politics and economic dynamism. For Moscow, this development highlights a world in which many long-standing assumptions about international politics are being overturned. It speaks ...
“Not a Pacific” Ocean and Russia
Today, the Asia-Pacific region is not just a part of the global periphery, but rather a place for potential confrontation between both “great” and “rising” powers. This is evidenced by a general growth in defense spending by key actors as ...
... tendencies of regional powers’ development. “Fortress Russia”
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is likely to be a scenario of the Russian future on the Far East.
In the foreseeable future Russia faces a number of challenges and dilemmas, which will affect her Asia-Pacific policy and relations with the neighboring powers. I would stress at least several of them.
Firstly, the challenge of development i.e. the modernization of Russian Far East regions. The key feature of this challenge is that Russian authorities ...
Australia’s Military-Political Strategy: Preparing for War and Peace
Against the backdrop of the United States preserving its status of the established superpower, and China, which is fast gaining military and political clout, the role of medium-sized nations in the Asia Pacific region is in many cases underestimated. Asia Pacific is a multi-polar environment in which the two great powers are engaged in a fierce competition while the mid-sized countries are striving for equality with their senior...
Is There a German “Turning” to the Asia-Pacific Region in the Offing?
The shift of U.S. foreign policy interests to the Asia-Pacific region has marked an important change in the world balance of power. To withstand competition with China for influence in the region, the United States ...
