Imperial Decline: Russia’s Changing Role in Asia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822318970 ISBN 13: 9780822318972

Publisher: Duke University Press Books, 1997

Synopsis

This collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars is the first to analyze current Russian policies in China, Japan, and the two Koreas. Although Russia was a rising power in Asia a century ago, historical and political events since then have diverted attention from this potential site of development.
The essays in Imperial Decline describe the major changes that have occurred in Russia’s relations with China, Japan, and South Korea under Boris Yeltin’s presidency, speculating about both Russia’s future in the region and the impact this future could have on relations with the United States. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how incoherent taxation and investment, uncoordinated and contradictory economic policies, runaway inflation and currency instability, and problems of defense now constrain the possibility of Russia expanding its economic influence in the region. This book is essential for students and scholars of international relations, foreign policy, and Russian history.

Contributors. Stephen J. Blank, Bruce A. Elleman, Harry Gelman, Hongchan Chun , Rajan Menon, Alvin Z. Rubinstein, Oles M. Smolansky, Henry Trofimenko, Charles E. Ziegler

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"The essays in "Imperial Decline" cover significant new ground regarding a topic that is certain to grow in importance in the coming months and years."--Ross H. Munro, Foreign Policy Research Institute

About the Author:

Stephen J. Blank is MacArthur Professor of Research, U.S. Army War College. Alvin Z. Rubinstein is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0822318970
• ISBN 13: 9780822318972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Blank Stephen, Rubinstein Alvin Z.