| ID | 118609 |
| Title Proper | Realism instead of Utopia |
| Other Title Information | Siberia and the far east as a path to Russian globalization |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Barabanov, Oleg ; Bordachev, Timofei |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Russia has recently conducted an active policy to develop Siberia and the Russian Far East and to gain access to markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Drafting an agenda for Russia's presidency of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in 2012 was a powerful stimulus to place an understanding of the strategic importance of this issue in the minds of the political leadership and public at large. Moscow openly proposed a thesis that it was the right moment to eliminate the imbalance between Europe and Asia in foreign-policy and in trade-and-investment cooperation priorities, as well as that a less-Eurocentric course corresponds to national interests. |
| `In' analytical Note | Russia in Global Affairs Vol. 10, No.4; Oct-Dec 2012: p.154-162 |
| Journal Source | Russia in Global Affairs Vol. 10, No.4; Oct-Dec 2012: p.154-162 |
| Key Words | Russia ; Russian Far East ; Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ; Political Leadership ; Foreign Policy ; National Interests ; Siberia |