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In this article, I examine Russia-US relations, focusing on their Asia Pacific dimension. I argue that the United States and Russia hold widely divergent visions of international order. Washington remains committed to the idea of US-led hegemony based on Western liberal values whereas Moscow champions a multipolar great power order founded upon the balance of power, Westphalian sovereignty, and the diversity of values. I find strong affinity between Moscow's foreign policy discourse and Hedley Bull's version of the English School in international relations theory. Viewed from the English School perspective, the layer of fundamental norms and institutions linking Moscow and Washington together as citizens of one international society has become dangerously thin. This inevitably affects Russia-US interaction in the Asia Pacific and makes their cooperation on pressing security issues, such as North Korea, difficult. (Asian Perspect/GIGA)

The article examines the environmental issues of the Russian Far East (Pacific Russia). The author covers problems such as military-related nuclear and nonnuclear factors of environmental security, excessive exploitation of forests and marine biological resources, the ecological risks of big energy projects, environmental conditions in urban areas and transborder aspects of environmental security. Political, social, and economic factors affecting environmental decisionmaking in the Russian Far East are analyzed. (Asian Aff/GIGA)

Setting the Stage -- What Is the Russian Far East? -- The History of the Russian Far East -- A Region of Troubles -- Moscow's Game Plan for the Russian Far East -- Russia's Changing Perceptions of China -- A Russian-Chinese Alliance : Chimera or Emerging Reality? -- Is Russia Moving into China's Economic Orbit? -- A Symbiotic Relationship : Russia's Far East and Northeast China -- Beijing Sets Its Sights on the Russian Far East -- Russia and the United States in Asia Pacific : Is Collaboration Possible? -- What Next for the Russian Far East?