ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the perceptions of Chinese scholars and security analysts of Russia’s post-Cold War global strategy and its security strategy in East Asia. The chapter begins with a detailed analysis of Chinese perceptions of Russia’s global strategy since the break-up of the Soviet Union and the evolution of Russian external policy from Yeltsin to Putin. It then moves on to an examination of Chinese views on Russia’s strategy towards East Asia, focusing in particular on Russian strategy towards China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula. In the fi nal section, the discourse of PRC scholars and Russian specialists is analyzed from a number of theoretical perspectives, including realism, liberalism and constructivism.
