The New Russia in the New Asia
Abstract
Russia remains a key player in Asian security, although U.S. thinking about Asia tends to ignore Russia's Asian presence and its impact. The Bush and Clinton administrations' formal policy statements on Russia and Asia do not mention Russia in the Asian context. Often scholars writing on U.S. policy in Asia and/or Asian security issues also omit Russia from their analysis. But Russian policymakers do not make this mistake even though they generally acknowledge that Russia's (and the USSR's) failure to bring, its full weight (or potential) to bear in Asia lies at the root of this neglect. Russia's Asian role remains incomplete relative to its economic potential, and current economic conditions inhibit more serious and deeper linkages with Asia. Russia still stands apart from Asia's amazing dynamism. But as philosophers tell us, an absence is also a presence. Therefore no account of Asian prospects that ignores Russia's potential and its unique realities can be adequate to either subject
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 22, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA283837
Entities
People
- Stephen J. Blank
Organizations
- United States Army War College