Imperial Decline
Subtitle: Russia's Changing Role in Asia
Contributors: Alvin Z. Rubinstein (Editor)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780822318972
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Imperialism; International relations; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Russia; Asia - General; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; International Studies; Political Science/European Pol; Russian/Soviet/Post-Soviet/Eas; International Relations - General; 1991-; ASIA; Economic conditions; Foreign economic relations; Russia (Federation)
Description: The essays in Imperial Decline describe the major changes that have occurred in Russia's relations with China, Japan, and South Korea under Boris Yeltsin's presidency, with speculation about both Russia's future in the region and the impact this future could have on relations with the United States.

Contributors to this volume demonstrate how incoherent taxation and investment, uncoordinated and contradictory economic policies, runaway inflation and currency instability, and problems of defense now constrain the possibility of Russia expanding its economic influence in Asia. This book is essential for students and scholars of international relations, foreign policy, and Russian history.