... most popular export product is 3rd generation light water reactor. The gross sum of contracts in 2014 exceeded 100 billion USD and demand tends to grow up as there is an evident need for reliable source of alternative energy among developing countries. Asia Pacific or even broader Indo-Pacific reckon on rising economies as the main source of sustainable growth.
Rosatom claims the integrated services as the main competitive advantage. It includes building plant and grids, training personnel, regular ...
... economic development in Siberia and the Soviet Far East, and calling for more exports—the economic motor that had driven development in other East Asian countries. But increased trade was only possible if the Soviet Union played an active role in the Asia Pacific region. Gorbachev argued that Soviet citizens needed to take Asia more seriously. The reasons were geography and economics. “Many major states of the world,” Gorbachev argued, “including the United States, India, China, ...
Seen at least from the perspective of East Asia, the Russian Far East (RFE) is very much the odd man out when it comes to the regional economic miracle of the last generation. There are multiple reasons for the RFE having largely missed this boat, but it cannot be put down merely to the legacy of Socialism, for Heilongjiang across the border has managed to enrich itself greatly. Deficiencies in institutions — such as the rule of law — are hindrances, but again, China has managed.
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Russia, Southeast Asia and ASEAN
Asia Pacific was in focus for Russia when it chaired APEC in 2012. However, it did not necessarily turn Russia’s attention to the region, including Southeast Asia. Domestic factors within Russia play an important role in determining Russian foreign ...
Globalization and geopolitics are the two defining features of contemporary international relations. Yet there exists a fundamental tension between these two processes - one refers to a deepening and broadening flow of trade, goods, people, and information; the other to exclusive political and military control over space. These competing characteristics of global politics are coming into particularly sharp focus in the Asia-Pacific, especially in the case of the South China Sea.
Today, around half...
