Why Beijing and Washington are Moving to the Russian Far East

... economic potential of the Russian Far East remains underestimated. Is Russia interested in China’s role intensifying in this part of the country and what are the US interests at this point? Yury Kulintsev shares his thoughts on the topic, providing a review of “ Russia’s Far East. New Dynamics in Asia Pacific and Beyond ” by Rensselaer Lee and Artyom Lukin. The book was written at a time when bilateral Sino-Russian and U.S.-Russian relations reached their peak, however, at opposite ends of the spectrum. The ongoing ...