Description:
Drawing on the most up-to-date sources, this book provides an in-depth examination of Russia's relations with China and Japan.
Review Quotes:
'It is a valuable addition to Russian foreign-policy analysis, especially for its use of comparison between policies towards China and Japan in order to explain different trends in Russian thinking about its own identity in the turbulent period of the last two decades.' -University of Birmingham STEPHEN ARIS, Europe-Asia Studies
'Kuhrt's integration of the larger international context into her analysis of the Russo-Japanese dispute represents a welcome advance in our understanding of the problem' - Margarita Karnysheva, The Russian Review 69 (January 2010)