Index

Afghanistan, 3, 42, 53, 55–56, 69, 115, 157,162, 185, 214, 235
alliance, 5, 7, 25–26, 29, 31, 35, 42–43, 52, 161,167, 210, 213, 242
al Qaeda, 42
Amur River, 48–51, 56, 58, 70, 75–76, 83, 86,98, 119
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), 44, 145–146,181, 206
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC),125–127, 135–137, 140–145, 148–151, 157,159–161, 181, 206, 217, 229
Asia-Pacific region, 4, 9, 11, 16, 34, 37,125–126, 128, 130–131, 134–136, 140–141,145–146, 151, 163, 165, 180–181, 200, 202,216–219
Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN), 11, 41, 44, 125–128, 130–134,136–141, 144–151, 157, 159–161, 181, 216
ASEAN+3, 21, 144, 147
ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), 113,125–127, 135–137, 144, 160
Atlanticism, 129
balance of power, 4, 6–7, 10–12, 23, 26, 33–34,36–37, 40–41, 44, 72, 105, 122, 129–130,
133, 136, 148–149, 151, 153, 156–157,161–162, 165–167, 177–179, 181, 184–186,
192, 202, 209, 214, 228, 241
Bol’shoi Ussuriiskii Island (Bear Island,Heixiazi), 50, 58, 61, 69–72, 75, 240
border agreement
May, 1991 (Sino-Soviet), 70–71, 87–88
October, 2004 (Sino-Russian), 47, 71–72,103, 240
Caspian Sea (region), 212
Chechnya, 162
Cold War, 7, 23, 43, 60, 153–155, 160–161,164–166, 173, 201, 209, 220, 242
post- (the end of/ after), 3, 7, 43,126–127, 136, 154–155, 161, 164–166,173, 192, 201, 206, 215, 236
color revolution(s), 117, 202, 214, 238
Damanskii Island (Zhenbao Island), 47, 63–68,70, 80, 82–83, 85–88, 90–91
East China Sea, 40, 133, 219
Eurasianism, 129
European Union (EU), 11, 13, 17, 23, 42, 44,126, 148, 210–202, 204, 208–209
Gazprom, 228
G8, 184, 237–239
hegemony, 4, 12–15, 20, 30–31, 37, 45, 54, 103,178, 182, 184, 236, 238, 241
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),176, 178, 186
Iran, 118, 174–177
Iraq, 3, 13, 157–158, 174–176, 183, 185, 194,200, 204, 238
Kashmir, 162
Kazakevichevo Channel, 55, 58–59, 61, 75
Kosygin-Zhou Beijing meeting (September 11,1969), 68–69, 85–87
migration (immigration, immigrant), 28, 38,205, 220, 240, 247
Missile Defense (MD), 35, 157, 162–163, 177,182–183
Mongol, 9, 38, 51–53, 56, 62, 69, 88, 94–95,97–98, 125, 148
multilateralism, 6, 9, 10–12, 20, 41, 43–45,113–115, 119–121, 123, 125–127, 129, 131,133–139, 141, 143–147, 149–151, 153–154,159–160, 163, 167–169, 174, 176–179, 183,186, 187–188, 190–192, 199, 210–212,
215–216
multipolar, 12, 20, 26, 30, 37, 45, 103, 139, 145,- 247 -INDEX
150, 162, 236, 241
9/11, 3, 41, 45, 85, 115, 119, 144, 207, 235, 237
Nerchinsk Treaty, 47–50, 98
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),30–31, 35, 118, 127, 142–143, 162, 177, 202,208, 210, 237, 246
North Korea, 6, 9, 31, 56, 125, 145, 150,157–160, 167–168, 173–197, 213–214, 231,243–244
Northern Territories (South Kurile), 142–143,150, 206–207, 243
partnership, 5–10, 26–36, 41–43, 102–103,105–108, 127, 138, 144, 146–148, 158–159,161, 165–167, 181, 204, 236–237, 139, 242
People’s Liberation Army (PLA), 22–23, 62–66,75–78, 82, 84, 87
pipeline, 45, 117, 145, 182, 197, 205–207,
211–212, 216, 244
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), 9,22, 42, 71, 99, 109, 113–123, 125, 145–146,
150, 214–216, 236, 241, 243
Silk Road, 94
Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-neighborliness,
Friendship and Cooperation of 2001, 26, 43,102, 106, 233
six-party talks, 6, 113, 125, 150, 159, 173, 176,178, 183–184, 187–197, 214, 216–217, 243
South China Sea, 38, 40, 126, 133–134, 136,138, 160
Taiwan, 6, 9, 10, 18, 21, 30, 33, 35–36, 38, 40,43, 113, 133, 141, 157, 160, 163, 167, 183,219–234, 242
Taliban, 42, 162
thalweg, 58, 61, 69–70, 87
Treaty of Aigun, 50, 56
Treaty of Peking, 50, 56, 58–60, 69, 75
triangle relations
China-Japan-India, 154, 161
Russia-China-India, 5, 161, 163–164,169
Russia-Japan-China, 215, 218, 242
US-Japan-China, 31, 161
US-Japan-India, 161, 164–166, 169
US-Russia-China, 31
US-Russia-Japan, 31
unilateral, 3, 8, 10, 12–14, 18, 30, 34, 41,45–45, 51, 57, 60, 162–163, 169, 174, 176
unipolar, 45, 150, 162, 166, 237–238
United Nations (UN), 74, 102, 113, 132,
175–176, 178, 186, 194, 196, 220
Security Council (UNSC), 13, 132, 151,174–176, 178, 194, 196, 206, 238, 244

Ussuri River, 48, 50–51, 58, 63, 66–68, 75–76,82–83, 86, 91
Uyghur, 117weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 146, 154,
161, 163, 166, 174–176, 189, 193
Xinjiang, 30, 33, 52, 117, 162- 248 -