ASEAN-Russia Relations

With the rise of India and China, the rest of Asia is feeling the great impact of socio-economic changes and challenges created by these twin engines of progress and cooperation. The question on the minds of regional analysts is: Where is Russia in the midst of these vast changes? What is its role? How and why is a great power like Russia adopting such a low profile in the region? In what ways can ASEAN engage Russia?Currently, Russia's interaction with ASEAN is limited to dialogue between both parties; trade between both sides is categorized by Russian arms sales and ASEAN raw materials. This book sets out to help explain these anomalies and puzzles, by examining the state of relations between Russia and selected individual ASEAN countries. Several interesting ideas are offered, such as a proposal for a Russia-ASEAN FTA; building tourism/business bridges through budget airlines; and proposals to strengthen and energize the ASEAN-Russia dialogue

ASEAN-Russia relations -- Contents -- Foreword: K. Kesavapany -- Foreword: Gennady Chufrin -- Opening Address: K. Kesavapany -- Opening Address: Sergey B. Kiselev -- The Contributors -- Part I: Overview of ASEAN-Russia Relations -- 1. ASEAN Engages Russia -- 2. Russian Perspectives on ASEAN -- Part II: Bilateral Relations -- 3. Malaysia and Russia: Strengthening Strategic Partnership in the 21st Century: A Malaysian Perspective -- 4. Indonesia-Russia Relations: The Jakarta Perspective -- Part III: Security Issues in Southeast Asia -- 5. Terrorism in Southeast Asia -- 6. Southeast Asian Security Challenges: A View from Russia -- 7. Security Issues in Southeast Asia: Commentary -- Part IV: Bilateral Economic Relations -- 8. Singapore-Russia Economic Relations -- 9. Russia-Singapore Relations: Thirty-seven Years of Cooperation and Dialogue -- 10. Rationale for a Free Trade Agreement between Russia and Singapore and Russia-ASEAN -- 11. Russia-ASEAN: Problems and Prospects of Economic Cooperation -- Index.