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The Russian Far East has, since Gorbachev, been used in foreign-policy discourse as a tool to access the integrative processes of the Asia-Pacific. However, vulnerability, symbolised by the border with China and the asymmetry of the Sino-Russian economic relationship, highlights the geopolitical andgeoeconomic implications of engagement with the Asia-Pacific. The 'modernisation' agenda, which became a leitmotiv of the Medvedev administration, focused attention on the challenges ofdevelopment in this region, but development within this agenda tends to be based on the most optimistic scenarios, and development plans for the border areas are heavily geared towards China. Integration with the Asia-Pacific is often advocated as a means of escaping economic dependence on China, but approaches and strategies remain overly politicised.
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The enthusiasm for the "pivot to the East," which emerged in Russia (somewhat unexpectedly even for the ideologists and advocates of this doctrine) after its stand-off with the West a few years ago, seems to be over. The reason may be the loss of illusions: not only some politicians but also businessmen and the public, doused by a cold shower of Western sanctions, at first hoped that they would easily find solace in a warm embrace of Eastern partners. Incidentally, in Russia's public perception "the East" includes almost the entire "non-West"—from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to the Japanese islands. Clearly, in this discourse "the East" simply does not exist in reality. But the persistence of the Soviet-era idea of "common destiny in the national liberation movement and anti-imperialist solidarity" fueled these expectations. Some people thought that Russia's "civilizational platform" was closer to the East than to the West, which would help the two parties find a common language, as before. In addition, some Eastern countries owed much to the Soviet Union which had helped them build a modern economic base; so it was believed that they should be more sensitive to Russia's needs. The very cliche of "Russia turning to the East" presupposed that Russia was the actor of this process, while the East was only the subject, interested in it in one way or another.
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