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"For more than a century Russia has aspired to recognition as a great power in the Asia Pacific, yet Russian leaders from the tsarist through the Soviet and post-Soviet eras have encountered repeated setbacks in the region. At certain points Russia appeared poised to make a breakthrough, but outcomes never matched expectations. Structural factors constraining Russian regional aspirations include geographic challenges, demographic imbalances, and persistent low levels of economic development. Institutional factors-the hyper-centralized, secretive character of Russian foreign policy making, bureaucratic competition, and dominance of a single powerful executive-have been critical in shaping Russian foreign policy toward the Pacific. Agency in the form of unique personality traits of autocratic executives, and their receptiveness to ideas of imperial dominance, expansion, and national identity are important, but the persistence of certain patterns in Russia's Asia policy suggest even the most powerful autocrat faces constraints. Starting with Russian imperial expansion in the late nineteenth century, this study assesses Soviet Asian projects during the Cold War, then considers diplomatic, economic and military dimensions of Vladimir Putin's pivot toward the Asia Pacific. The conceptual approach is analytically eclectic, combining realism's focus on military and economic dimensions of power with a constructivist's attention to questions of national identity"--
Introduction. Russia in the Pacific: the quest for great power recognition -- Historical persistence and Russian foreign policy -- Russia in the Pacific during the age of imperialism -- Soviet Russia in the Pacific: from revolution to stagnation -- Imagining the Pacific and the Russian far east -- From the Cold War to Putin's pivot -- Russia's economic prospects in the Pacific -- Russian security in the Pacific Region -- Conclusion: Patterns of the past.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Russia, foreign policy, Asia Pacific, historical patterns, geopolitics, diplomacy, economics, national identity, realism, constructivism
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]