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The changing regional dynamics in Northeast Asia: Russia's North Korean conundrum and the case of Mongolia
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The region of Northeast Asia (NEA) occupies a key position in Russian foreign policy—defined in terms of its political, economic, and strategic interests. The post-Soviet period necessitated a complete re-working of its relations with Northeast Asian states, where Russia's overall economic and geopolitical position remains weak. The fact of geography places Russia firmly in Northeast Asia, a region defined by its myriad political, economic, and strategic complexities. The post-World War II period has seen the rise of the United States (US) as a preeminent power in NEA, a position that is steadily being challenged by China in the Twenty-first century. The involvement in the North Korean issue and the broader NEA also gives credence to Russian declaration of itself as a unique Eurasian power that has interests spanning both the continents of Europe and Asia. Russia believes that one of the leading issues that threatens strategic stability in NEA is the ongoing North Korean nuclear crisis.
Kosevich E., Problems of Post-Communism 2026 P. 1–21
Since 2022, the Kremlin has revised its foreign policy priorities. Russia’s traditional Western partners have been designated as “unfriendly countries,” and Moscow has increasingly focused on intensifying rapprochement with states in the Global South, with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as the US’ closest neighbors, occupying a special place in this strategy. The region ...
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Kozylov I., Россия в глобальной политике 2026 Т. 24 № 1 С. 152–171
The article analyzes the evolution of Siberia’s role in Russian–Chinese relations from the seventeenth century to the early 2010s, that is, up to the stage of institutionalization of Russia’s course toward a “Turn to the East”. On the basis of the historical-genetic and systemic approaches, as well as an analysis of Russian- and Chinese-language bibliography, ...
Added: January 10, 2026
Kapoor N., Journal of Eurasian Studies 2025
The idea of world majority, floated by Russian experts after 2022, seeks to simultaneously offer a foreign policy direction for the country while also building a meta-category to define the non-western world. As an emerging concept, this article seeks to be one of the first systematic approaches towards understanding what the world majority stands for ...
Added: December 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2025 Т. 23 № 2 С. 5–8
American politics has taken a dizzying turn since Donald Trump's return to the presidency. A suspicion arose: isn't this another turning point in the course of history, no less decisive than in the second half of the eighties of the last century? A reverse fracture. Gorbachev, with his new political thinking, willingly or unwittingly opened ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2025 Т. 23 № 1 С. 5–8
The relatively uniform globalization that it was at the turn of the century has ended, but the world has not fragmented. It has remained interconnected, although often in a whimsical way – through informal mechanisms and gray-black schemes. Centralized management by certain rules is being replaced by self–organization for survival - a special one, from ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2024 Т. 22 № 6 С. 5–8
2024 was immediately declared the year of big elections – half of the world's population voted in almost all significant countries and regions. And it's not just that the entire world politics depends on the results of the expression of will in some states. During periods of drastic change, as now, societies move. Elections serve ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2024 Т. 22 № 5 С. 5–10
The chain of conflicts with the armed component will continue, and many of the contradictions that were under control will enter an active phase. This is natural in the context of the general crisis of the restriction system. Hence the increased role of military force, which is certain today and inevitable tomorrow. But, as extensive ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2024 Т. 22 № 2 С. 5–8
The events of two years have changed the perception of both war and peace. It would be an exaggeration to say that everything turned upside down overnight – international processes have long and consistently deviated from how they were usually described. The divergence of feelings, words, and deeds became more and more striking. Looking back, ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2024 Т. 22 № 1 С. 5–6
In the context of global instability, the stability of national systems is crucial. And it depends on how much the state power is able to get the population to recognize its right to govern. In other words, to ensure legitimacy. Historically, this has happened in different ways - by force, by class hierarchy, by dynastic ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Россия в глобальной политике 2023 Т. 21 № 5 С. 5–8
By the autumn of 2023, the military campaign in Ukraine had become an integral part of the international political and economic landscape. A cessation of hostilities is not expected – neither a decisive victory by either side nor a peace agreement based on compromise seem likely in the foreseeable future. The conflict remains the main ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs 2025 Vol. 23 No. 2 P. 5–8
Classical diplomacy—based on the balance of power, on determining which of one’s own interests should be prioritized, on achieving their satisfaction in return for the satisfaction of others’, and on frank conversations between leaders—cannot guarantee success, but does at least strive for it. The U.S. and Russia clearly value the opportunity that has opened up before ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Russia in Global Affairs 2025 Vol. 23 No. 1 P. 5–8
The dismantling of the old world order has become a popular topic in recent years. Conceptually, everything is clear and even coherent: the end of hierarchy, the growing influence of various countries and peoples, a complex and unstable but generally fairer system, a new type of relations for a nonlinear world… But now we have entered the ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs 2024 Vol. 22 No. 4 P. 5–8
When global tensions began to intensify a few years ago, discussion of major war as a real possibility gradually shifted from the tabloids to respectable analysis. While such a topic had been considered inappropriate, ignoring it became increasingly difficult as the signs of general disorder multiplied. ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Lukyanov F., Russia in Global Affairs 2024 Vol. 22 No. 3 P. 5–8
The latest changes in the international arena, including the new Russia-DPRK relationship, are returning us to pre-liberal international practice. The first Cold War’s victors have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to regain dominance. It is up to everyone to decide whether this is good or bad. But the world has come full circle. ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs 2024 Vol. 22 No. 2 P. 5–8
Mikhail Gorbachev died in the late summer of 2022, having lived to see the final collapse of his hopes for a common European home. For him, this must have been much more bitter and painful than even the disappearance of the country he had once headed—the Soviet Union. After his resignation, Gorbachev repeatedly admitted that he had ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Fyodor A. Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs 2023 Vol. 21 No. 4 P. 5–8
Major changes have occurred in the part of the world that is not involved in the conflict but affected by it. The World Majority concept, firmly established in Russia as a reference to the non-Western part of the globe, is somewhat confusing, because it suggests a consolidated community while the essential feature of this majority is ...
Added: April 23, 2025
Kapoor N., The International Spectator 2024 Vol. 59 No. 4 P. 41–60
Russia’s aim to build a role as a neutral, independent player in Northeast Asia (NEA) is now under threat as a result of its regional policy choices since the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Moscow’s evolving position in the region can arguably be better understood in the light of the dynamic of the Sino-Russian partnership. The ...
Added: December 4, 2024
Strokan M., , in: Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy.: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2018. P. 153–167.
This chapter reviews the state of the English-language literature on Russian security services and foreign policy. It situates this literature within both the comparative study of intelligence agencies and the historical literature on the role of Soviet and Russian secret services in foreign policy. The chapter describes the organization of Russia’s security services and analyzes ...
Added: September 9, 2024