Russia’s Turn to the East and the Limits of Russo–Japanese Rapprochement: A Realist and Neo-Realist Analysis Introduction Russia’s post-2014 “Turn to the East,” accelerated by Western sanctions following the Ukraine crisis and deepening geopolitical estrangement from the Euro-Atlantic order, has fundamentally recalibrated Moscow’s strategic orientation. This reorientation—towards East Asia, the Asia-Pacific, and Eurasia more broadly—has … Continue reading In what ways has Russia’s turn to the East since 2014 altered the strategic calculus underlying its relations with Japan, especially in the context of Western sanctions and Eurasian reorientation? Does Japan’s security alliance with the United States constitute the principal structural impediment to a substantive rapprochement with Russia? Analyse this question from a realist and neo-realist perspective.
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To what extent can the post-Soviet international order be characterized as a continuation of the Cold War logic, and how do contemporary patterns of rivalry, alliance-building, and power competition reflect or depart from the ideological and strategic dynamics of the Cold War era?
Continuation or Transformation? — The Post-Soviet Order in Light of Cold War Logic The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked an unmistakable structural rupture in world politics, yet the subsequent three decades have produced a debate over whether the post-Soviet order simply sustained Cold War patterns or inaugurated a qualitatively different system. A … Continue reading To what extent can the post-Soviet international order be characterized as a continuation of the Cold War logic, and how do contemporary patterns of rivalry, alliance-building, and power competition reflect or depart from the ideological and strategic dynamics of the Cold War era?