Putin’s “Turn to the East” in the Xi Jinping Era

Gilbert Rozman is the Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, USA, and Editor-in-chief of the Asan Forum. Gaye Christoffersen is former Professor International Politics, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Hopkins-Nanjing Center.

• IntroductionPart 1 Conceptualizing the Big Picture1. Tracking Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’2. Debating Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’3. The Illusion that Realism Is Driving Sino-Russian RelationsPart 2 Turning in Multiple Directions4. The Russian Far East and China’s Northeast: A Decade in the Shadow of the Belt and Road Initiative5. Central Asia over a Decade: The Shifting Balance between Russia and China6. Russian Thinking about the Korean Peninsula and the US Role There over a Decade7. Russian ‘Turns to the East’ yet away from Japan8. Mongolia: Russia’s Best Friend in Asia?9. Conceptualization of the Indo-Pacific in Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’Part 3 Reconciling the Ukraine War and the "Turn to the East"10. Russian Thinking about CSTO Peacekeeping: Central Asia, China, and the Ukraine War11. Russian Thinking on Sino-Russian Relations and the Ukraine War