Russia and Multilateral Diplomacy in East Asia

... is not as important for the EAS as such as it is for Russia–ASEAN relations. The East Asia Summit is important as a vanity project for ASEAN, a living embodiment of... ... and the ASEAN to ‘strategic dialogue.’ In this sense, the President’s trip to Singapore in November can only be a success. Russia will remind everyone of its status... ... play the role of a third force, whose appeal will only grow as the competition between China and the United States intensifies. The ‘third force’ idea has long existed...