Russia / World
Ever since the end of the Cold War, the idea of a dramatic turn to Asia has been a recurrent aim of Russia’s foreign policy. Russian politicians and commentators have emphasized the need to balance Russia’s external relations by taking a more active posture towards the East since the mid-1990s. Asia re-emerged once again as a priority along with Vladimir Putin’s return to presidency in the early 2012, which was symbolically confirmed by the APEC summit in Vladivostok …read more
Source: Intersection
