An Analysis Of Russian Orthodox Diplomacy In East Asia

The current world is a closely connected. Communication and cooperationamong countries are much closer than any other time in the human history. Foreignpolicy decision in any country is not one-time action. It must be consistent with theirethnic, cultural, geographical and historical facts as well as theoretical support.People who develop appropriate foreign policy should put those theories in topractice.Three major trends in Russia, rooted in the minds of the Russian people, is theessence of the Russian people and share their knowledge on a variety of outsideworld for centuries, regardless of any period of the Russian (or Soviet) foreign policy,both from this does not affect the opening three thought. Mastered the fundamentalpolicy of sources, it is not difficult to grasp branches of its foreign policy.After the collapse of the Soviet union and the end of Cold War, Russia hasemerged with a new appearance in the world stage. East Asia has been the battleground for big powers since the Cold War for its strategic geological position.Dominated by the “Atlanticism”, Russia completely leaned to the western world inthe early period after the independence. But it was never integrated in to thewestern world and it failed to solve the thorny domestic and international issues.What made it even worse was that Russia’s image in the international arena wastarnished and its status undermined. Thus since1993, Russia switched to the“double-headed eagle strategy” to attach equal importance to its relationship bothwith the West and the Rsia-pacific countries. This idea was also called “theNeo-Eurasiaism”. But there was no clear position for East Asia in Russian foreignpolicy and the effect of its policies toward this region were undermined because ofRussia’s sluggish domestic economy, uncertainties of domestic politics and thepressure posed by the enlargement of NATO. Compared with china, the us and Japan,Russia was not a big player in east Asia in the late20th century.However, the situation has changed since the beginning of this century. Thedomestic socio-economic transition has been completed, the economic growth has been stabilized, and its overall strength has been recovered. In the meantime,nationalism started to dominate the Russian foreign policy, making it more pragmatic,aggressive and diversified. It gives high priority to its own national interest and triesits best to regain its lost power and status. With its economic and political powerenhanced, East Asia has played a dominant role in the regional cooperation andeffort in dealing with the affairs in the interracial region. Thus under thiscircumstance, Russia again reemphasized on the importance of its Asia-pacificidentity and the role played by East Asia in this region. Russia’s approaches to thisregion has become more pragmatic and proactive and their cooperation has beendeepened.This paper describes the three major trends in Russia, then comes toEurasianism transition from the old to the new, and further discusses how thisdoctrine as the guiding philosophy of the Russian people. while how the Russiaspolitical decision-makers and decision-making mechanism is put this kind of realityand trends together and ultimately put into practice.This paper is trying to graspthe future direction of Russias Asia-Pacific strategy and provide a reference for thedevelopment of relations between China and Russia.It can be said that the current Russian pragmatic foreign policy, all inherits fromPutin to Medvedev and become increasingly mature, and the features of the newEurasian doctrine has become increasingly evident. In the face of the Westsaggressive, carry out actively and friendly cooperation with coutries of theAsia-Pacific region, are in line with Russias national interests and requirements of thenew Eurasian ideologies, Asia-Pacific strategy of Russia is also bound will be morepositive and friendly attitude to continue.