TY - BOOK AU - Akaha,Tsuneo AU - Vassilieva,Anna TI - Russia and East Asia: informal and gradual integration T2 - Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series SN - 9780415822831 AV - DS518.9R8 R86 2014 U1 - 327.4705 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Abingdon,England PB - Routledge KW - National security KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Energy policy KW - East Asian cooperation KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General KW - bisacsh KW - East Asia KW - Foreign relations KW - Foreign economic relations KW - Stategic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Russia has generally been neglected in the academic and policy discourse on regional integration in East Asia. This book fills this gap, with particular attention to the role of Pacific Russia in the deepening regional integration in East Asia. It examines the increasingly diverse foreign policy interests of Russia related to emerging economic and political realities of the world, and Russia's potential role in the regional integration in East Asia. Topics discussed include Russian strategic interests and security policy in East Asia generally, Russia's bilateral relations with China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, opportunities and challenges energy and immigration presents for Russia and its engagement with East Asia, and Russia's present and future roles in regional integration in East Asia"-- ER -