Russia’s Asia pivot: engaging the Russian Far East, China and Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Dave, Bhavna
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; Central Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84018; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41549
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Russia-ASEAN summit being held in Sochi on 19-20 May 2016 to mark twenty years of Russia’s dialogue partnership with ASEAN is a further indicator of President Vladimir Putin’s ‘pivot to Asia’ policy, triggered also by its current confrontation with the west. Through this pivot, Moscow wants to a...