| ID | 100322 |
| Title Proper | Asian vector of Russia's policy and modernization |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Borodavkin, A |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | International Affairs": We all know that the APR is developing into another power center as a hub of global economic development with a much greater impact on global politics. What are the main factors behinds its balanced development and what is Russia's role in these processes?
Aleksey Borodavkin, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia: In recent years, the center of global economic development and political interaction has shifted to the APR where the East Asian export-oriented economies, though hit, together with the rest of the world, by adverse conjuncture, suffered much less of the global financial and economic crisis than Europe and America. The region has retained its role of a driving force of world economy; the national economies are much closer intertwined than before which adds vigor to regional economic integration and stirs up centripetal trends behind the polycentric regional order which is taking shape before our eyes.
Russia, Siberia and the Far East in the first place, should capitalize on its geographical proximity to the rapidly rising region to embrace the innovation development patterns and modernize its economy. The meeting chaired by President Medvedev which took place in Khabarovsk on 2 July 2010 arrived precisely at this conclusion.
From the 18th century onwards, Russia realized itself as a great power stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and a progressive civi-lizational project. Our past suggests that we should clarify the priorities to be able to join concrete political and economic projects to the advantage of our people. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 56, No. 5; 2010: p.23-30 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol. 56, No. 5; 2010: p.23-30 |
| Key Words | Modernization ; Russia ; Global Economic Development ; Global Politics ; Siberia ; Medvedev |