Japanese-Russian Relations, 1907-2007

Joseph P. Ferguson is Vice President of the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research and Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington. He is also Associate Editor of the journal Problems of Post-Communism. He received his PhD in International Relations from the John Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

• Introduction: Continuing Patterns 1. The Patterns Begin 2. Cold War Patterns 3. Another Rapprochement 4. The International Context 5. The Domestic Political Context 6. The Ideational Context. Conclusion: Japan and Russia in 1996–2007

'The great value of this book lies in Ferguson's interviews with the most influential figures in Russian government who personally were involved in the ineffectual process of negotiations over the previous two decades. He also provides a solid study of the ongoing influence of the "Russia School" in the Japanese political decision-making process. This study provides keen insights into why Kunadze's group, which had advocated ceding the disputed islands to Japan, faced severe criticism in the 1990s and ultimately failed to change Russian public opinion' - Margarita Karnysheva, The Russian Review 69, January 2010