VLADIMIR I. IVANOV is Senior Researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. Formerly he was Head of the Asia-Pacific Region Department of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among his earlier publications is Northern Territories and Beyond: Russian, Japanese, and American Perspectives (Praeger, 1995).KARLA S. SMITH formerly was a researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. She now lives in Washington, DC.

• Forewords Preface Introduction by Vladimir I. Ivanov History and Domestic Issues Japan in the 1990s by Hisao Kanamori Russia's New Ruling Class by Nodari A. Simonia The Yeltsin Factor by Nobuo Shimotomai On the Way to Economic Recovery by Ivan S. Tselitschev Small Business Developmentin Russia by Douglas Barry Traditions, Institutions, and Lessons by Andreiy I. Kravtsevich Potentials and Realities by Tsuneo Akaha A Retrospective View: A Fifth Period? by Konstanin O. Sarkisov International and Regional Politics Japan, Russia, and the U.S. Role by Robert A. Scalapino A Dialogue: Status and Perspectives by Jiro Kodera Making a Comeback in Asia by Evgeniy V. Afanasiev and Vladimir I. Ivanov The Northeast Asian Dimension by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Crisis Prevention in Korea by Georgiy D. Toloraya North Korea and Japan-Russia Relations by Hajime Izumi Future Geoeconomic Equation by Steven Rosefielde Main Events of a New Era by Robert Valliant Development, Trade, and Investment The Eastern Provinces and Moscow by Alexander G. Granberg The Northeast Asian Drift by Pavel A. Minakir Japan-Far Eastern Russia Relations by Makoto Nobukuni Cooperation in the Energy Sector by Robert N. Ruzanov Bilateral Trade in Fishery by Nobuo Arai Economic Links: The Russian View by Andrei P. Rodionov Economic Links: A View from Japan by Susumu Yoshida Japan, Russia, and Northeast Asia Russia and Regional Cooperation by Vladimir I. Ivanov Sakhalin Oil and Gas and Japan by Tadashi Sugimoto and Kazuto Furuta Trans-Siberian Land Bridge by Vladimir I. Ivanov and Dmitriy L. Sergachev Trilateral Cross-border Links by Kazuyoshi Nishikata The Zarubino Port Project: A Case Study by Hisako Tsuji The Politics of Fishery by Alexander M. Kurmazov and Igor V. Kazakov Environment and Cooperation by Karla S. Smith Selected Bibliography Compiled by Machiko Takalashi Index

VLADIMIR I. IVANOV is Senior Researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. Formerly he was Head of the Asia-Pacific Region Department of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among his earlier publications is Northern Territories and Beyond: Russian, Japanese, and American Perspectives (Praeger, 1995).KARLA S. SMITH formerly was a researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. She now lives in Washington, DC.

• Forewords Preface Introduction by Vladimir I. Ivanov History and Domestic Issues Japan in the 1990s by Hisao Kanamori Russia's New Ruling Class by Nodari A. Simonia The Yeltsin Factor by Nobuo Shimotomai On the Way to Economic Recovery by Ivan S. Tselitschev Small Business Developmentin Russia by Douglas Barry Traditions, Institutions, and Lessons by Andreiy I. Kravtsevich Potentials and Realities by Tsuneo Akaha A Retrospective View: A Fifth Period? by Konstanin O. Sarkisov International and Regional Politics Japan, Russia, and the U.S. Role by Robert A. Scalapino A Dialogue: Status and Perspectives by Jiro Kodera Making a Comeback in Asia by Evgeniy V. Afanasiev and Vladimir I. Ivanov The Northeast Asian Dimension by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Crisis Prevention in Korea by Georgiy D. Toloraya North Korea and Japan-Russia Relations by Hajime Izumi Future Geoeconomic Equation by Steven Rosefielde Main Events of a New Era by Robert Valliant Development, Trade, and Investment The Eastern Provinces and Moscow by Alexander G. Granberg The Northeast Asian Drift by Pavel A. Minakir Japan-Far Eastern Russia Relations by Makoto Nobukuni Cooperation in the Energy Sector by Robert N. Ruzanov Bilateral Trade in Fishery by Nobuo Arai Economic Links: The Russian View by Andrei P. Rodionov Economic Links: A View from Japan by Susumu Yoshida Japan, Russia, and Northeast Asia Russia and Regional Cooperation by Vladimir I. Ivanov Sakhalin Oil and Gas and Japan by Tadashi Sugimoto and Kazuto Furuta Trans-Siberian Land Bridge by Vladimir I. Ivanov and Dmitriy L. Sergachev Trilateral Cross-border Links by Kazuyoshi Nishikata The Zarubino Port Project: A Case Study by Hisako Tsuji The Politics of Fishery by Alexander M. Kurmazov and Igor V. Kazakov Environment and Cooperation by Karla S. Smith Selected Bibliography Compiled by Machiko Takalashi Index

VLADIMIR I. IVANOV is Senior Researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. Formerly he was Head of the Asia-Pacific Region Department of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Among his earlier publications is Northern Territories and Beyond: Russian, Japanese, and American Perspectives (Praeger, 1995).KARLA S. SMITH formerly was a researcher at the Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia. She now lives in Washington, DC.

• Forewords Preface Introduction by Vladimir I. Ivanov History and Domestic Issues Japan in the 1990s by Hisao Kanamori Russia's New Ruling Class by Nodari A. Simonia The Yeltsin Factor by Nobuo Shimotomai On the Way to Economic Recovery by Ivan S. Tselitschev Small Business Developmentin Russia by Douglas Barry Traditions, Institutions, and Lessons by Andreiy I. Kravtsevich Potentials and Realities by Tsuneo Akaha A Retrospective View: A Fifth Period? by Konstanin O. Sarkisov International and Regional Politics Japan, Russia, and the U.S. Role by Robert A. Scalapino A Dialogue: Status and Perspectives by Jiro Kodera Making a Comeback in Asia by Evgeniy V. Afanasiev and Vladimir I. Ivanov The Northeast Asian Dimension by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa Crisis Prevention in Korea by Georgiy D. Toloraya North Korea and Japan-Russia Relations by Hajime Izumi Future Geoeconomic Equation by Steven Rosefielde Main Events of a New Era by Robert Valliant Development, Trade, and Investment The Eastern Provinces and Moscow by Alexander G. Granberg The Northeast Asian Drift by Pavel A. Minakir Japan-Far Eastern Russia Relations by Makoto Nobukuni Cooperation in the Energy Sector by Robert N. Ruzanov Bilateral Trade in Fishery by Nobuo Arai Economic Links: The Russian View by Andrei P. Rodionov Economic Links: A View from Japan by Susumu Yoshida Japan, Russia, and Northeast Asia Russia and Regional Cooperation by Vladimir I. Ivanov Sakhalin Oil and Gas and Japan by Tadashi Sugimoto and Kazuto Furuta Trans-Siberian Land Bridge by Vladimir I. Ivanov and Dmitriy L. Sergachev Trilateral Cross-border Links by Kazuyoshi Nishikata The Zarubino Port Project: A Case Study by Hisako Tsuji The Politics of Fishery by Alexander M. Kurmazov and Igor V. Kazakov Environment and Cooperation by Karla S. Smith Selected Bibliography Compiled by Machiko Takalashi Index