Abstract
Autore:
Vitale Alessandro
Titolo:
"Il nuovo “baricentro orientale” nella politica estera della Russia post-sovietica"
Russia’s turn towards Asia is an evident orientation of the
contemporary Russian foreign policy. Over the last two
years, Russia has been gradually yet consistently
reorienting itself towards Asia. This turn includes
accelerated diplomatic efforts in favor of countries in
Central Asia (the “near abroad”), East, South East, the
Asia-Pacific system and South Asia, especially after the
beginning of the political crisis in Ukraine in 2013. The
precipitous deterioration of Russia-West relations will
undoubtedly contribute to Russia’s turn towards Central Asia
and China. In fact, Russia is searching a new role both in
the world and in Asia, achieving a role of regional key
player. Russia’s turn to the East has already become one of
the most relevant components of the country’s national
strategy. The attitude of the Russian political and
intellectual élites to the Asian vector of Russia’s foreign
policy depends on controversial cultural factors
(eurasianism) and generates an ambitious agenda aimed at
accelerating Russia’s integration into the political
processes in Asia. However, Russia’s Asian strategy faces a
number of problems on solving more complex sets of tasks in
a higher stage. Moscow has done much except what the
regional players expect from it (especially small and
medium-sized countries) and the entire system of cooperation
with China remains a weak strategic partnership, far from
being a new complete political alliance.
