2015 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Russia’s Perspective on the US Pivot: Opportunities and Constraints in the Asia Pacific
verfasst von : Isabelle Facon
Erschienen in: Origins and Evolution of the US Rebalance toward Asia
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
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Russia’s attitude toward the US rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region has been astonishingly muted. Compared to what has happened in Western official and academic circles, where the US “pivot” was met with a flurry of discussions and assessments, this change in Washington’s foreign and defense policy has not triggered a lively discussion in Russia, at least not perceptibly. This is all the more striking given that Russia has always justified its claim to be recognized as a great power in light of the Euro-Asiatic status that its long coast on the Pacific Ocean allegedly provides it with; two-thirds of Russia’s territory is indeed located in Asia. In May 2014, in the context of a visit of President Putin to China, Prime Minister Medvedev recalled that on the Russian coat of arms “the eagle is looking in both directions,” and that this was not meaningless.1 In addition, Russia has embarked on its own foreign policy rebalance toward “Greater Asia.” Also, Washington announced its intent to rebalance its strategy toward the Asia Pacific in the context of the “reset” of Russian-American relations pursued by the Obama administration, which sparked discussions both in the West and in Russia about the possibility to build closer relations among Russia, the European Union, and the United States vis-à-vis China’s rise.