Russia-ASEAN relations: new directions ; papers originally presented at the second IMEMO-ISEAS ASEAN-Russia Relations Conference held in Moscow, Russia from 3 to 4 October 2006

Russia-ASEAN relations : new directions -- Contents -- Foreword by Ambassador K. Kesavapany -- Foreword by Professor Gennady Chufrin -- The Contributors -- The Editors -- Part I: Overview of ASEAN-Russia Relations -- 1. Russia, ASEAN and East Asia -- 2. Non-Economic Approach in Russia–ASEAN Relations: Changes in Asia, Changes in Russia -- 3. Current State of Russia–ASEAN Trade and Economic Relations -- Part II: East Asian Community -- 4. Prospects of East Asian Community and the Role of China -- 5. ASEAN AND CHINA East Asia Community Building and Prospects for the Future -- 6. China's Peace Offensive in Southeast Asia and Russia's Regional Imperatives -- 7. Expanding Singapore's Economic Space: Building Highways, Forging Links -- 8. ASEAN's Leading Role in East Asian Multilateral Dialogue on Security Matters: Rhetoric versus Reality -- 9. Towards the East Asian Community -- Part III: Energy -- 10. Energy Inter-dependence in East Asia: Russia's Contribution to Energy/Gas Cooperation in East Asia -- 11. Energy Security in East Asia: Challenges and Responses -- Index.

In an era of great changes and much uncertainty, such as the revival of an active Russia, buoyed by increasing energy wealth, a U.S. mired in Iraq and Afghanistan, rising China and India, as well as Japan moving towards normalization, ASEAN needs to closely monitor great power trends and thinking. This timely and topical book provides insights into various issues high on the regional agenda. The rise of China is closely observed in three chapters in this book. On Russia-ASEAN relations, three authors offer their perspectives. Energy issues are scrutinized. The ongoing efforts to build an East Asian Community are analysed. At a time when Russia has an active profile in Southeast Asia with its arms sales to Indonesia and its nuclear technology assistance to Myanmar, this book offers useful and authoritative discourses on its relations with ASEAN, building on an earlier volume published by ISEAS