Evan Garcia: Our Rosy View of the Future is Tinged by Growing Concern on Certain Regional Security Issues

... force for increased overall engagement. We note that Russia is making headway in this regard as evidenced by the development of a nuclear power plant in Vietnam. Russia can transpose its positive relations with Vietnam into greater cooperation with the Philippines and other ASEAN member states. We note, of course, that Russia, being one of the top 10 economies in the world, has a fundamental stake in this region not for abstract reasons, but from the point of view of the fact that Russia is a Pacific power and an Asian power,...