After Crimea: Southeast Asia in Russia’s Foreign Policy Narrative
Journal: Contemporary Southeast Asia A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs
Year: 2016

The deterioration of Russia’s relations with the West over the Crimea in 2014, and the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine, has led to a new emphasis on the Asia Pacific in the country’s foreign policy. However, it remains a matter of debate whether Russia’s “pivot to the East” represents a fundamental strategic shift or merely a tactical geopolitical manoeuver. In addition, it remains open to question whether Russia’s Asian pivot encompasses countries across the region other than just China which rem