Russia's Foreign Policy in Asia: Continuities, Changes and Challenges

Abstract

This article discusses Russias changing role in Asia and seeks to explain why foreign policy adjustment in the Kremlin is regarded as important. It argues that following the end of communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian foreign policy in Asia has been in chaos. Continued political, economic and military crises have left Russia a marginal player in Asia, and thus this article concludes that Russia would be consigned to a marginal role at best over the next decade.