Praxis of Russia’s Economic Interaction with East Asia

The emerging trend in Russia’s foreign policy is its reorientation from active interstate and socio-economic interaction with the states of the “collective West” to the countries that make up the Asian macroregion. The chapter presents the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the emerging relations between Russia and the countries of the East, namely the ASEAN countries, Northeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. Assuming that the prerequisites for the strengthening of such relationships between countries should be reflected in changes in trade relations, increased migration flows, and changes in policy in terms of countries’ military spending, the study attempts to evaluate such changes econometrically.