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A Study On Motivation And Policy Of Putin’s Speedy Promotion Of "East Direction" Strategy In His Second Period Of Office

Posted on:2016-07-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330467494441Subject:International politics
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Russia, the biggest territory power, stretches12time zones in Eurasia andserves as a bridge not only between the continent of Europe and that of Asia but alsobetween the culture of the west and that of east. Since the immigration of easternSlavs into Russia, Russia has a history of over one thousand years. With changes ofkingdoms and development of history, Russia experiences The Tsarist Empire, TheSocialist Soviet Union and now becomes active under the leader-ship of Putin theso-called “Political Giant”, which makes out of Russia a unique culture and taste.After his reign, Putin makes a correct judgment of the trend home and abroad, andsuccessfully makes a special way for Russia on the basis of respecting the value ofits own traditional culture. On the economic part, the advantage of energy stimulatesthe rapid economic growth with due attention to adjustment of economic structure atthe same time. On diplomatic part, the relations to the Commonwealth ofIndependent States and to Europe are priorities, while the importance of relations tocountries in the Asian-Pacific region is also emphasized at the same time.When Putin took office the second time, he started to develop far eastern region,actively develop the link to the Asia-Pacific countries, which is pushed by the factorsin and outside of Russia. As far as Russia is concerned, the purpose of developing fareastern region is to revitalize the domestic economy, realize the sustainableeconomic growth of Russia, shorten the gap among regions inside the country,maintain domestic order and stability, and protect the security of homeland in EastRussia. When factors outside the country are concerned, energy export counts stillfirst in Russian economy. Since Asia-Pacific region becomes an energy-consuming place with the rapid development of economy, integration into Asia-Pacific economynot only opens a market of oil and gas, but also promotes the growth of internationaltrade, which has no damage but only profits to the Russia economic growth. Besides,since the room for Russia to implement its western strategy has been limited, therewill appear a dangerous dilemma posing great security pressure on Russia if itrefuses to develop eastern regions. At last, Ukraine crisis catalyzed the strategy of“East Direction”. Compared with the situation before Ukraine crisis, Russia after thiscrisis speeds its pace to the eastern world.In brief, the strategy of “East Direction” involves all kinds of aspects includingpolitics, economy, diplomacy, security, etc. This thesis will focus on analyzing thereasons, why Putin promote the “East Direction” strategy faster. And in thepromotion of the strategy of “East Direction”, there will be many barriers, and thispaper will cover them one by one. Meanwhile, the promotion would affect theAsia-Pacific region and even the whole world, which this paper will also make athorough analysis of.
Keywords/Search Tags:Putin, Sense of building up a powerful country, “East Direction” strategy, Speed, Ukraine crisis
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