ASEAN-Russia Relations

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ASEAN-Russia Relations Russia-title&halftitle.indd 1 25/01/2006 6:34:15 PM ii IMEMO is the Russian abbreviation for the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. It was established in Moscow in 1956 to study contemporary problems of global political and economic relations. It is a major think-tank within the Russian Academy of Sciences working initially for the Soviet and now for the Russian Government. The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. 00 ASEAN-RussiaRelationsPrelim 24/1/06, 2:17 PM 2 ASEAN-Russia Relations Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Singapore EDITED BY Gennady Chufrin •Mark Hong •Teo Kah Beng IMEMO Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russia Russia-(summary)title&halftitle.indd 2 25/01/2006 6:31:30 PM iv First published in Singapore in 2006 by ISEAS Publications Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2006 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publisher or its supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data ASEAN-Russia relations / edited by Gennady Chufrin, Mark Hong, Teo Kah Beng. “… the result of a joint conference organized in March 2005 by IMEMO (Institute of World Economy and Politics) and ISEAS (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) in Singapore”—Foreword. 1. ASEAN—Congresses. 2. Southeast Asia—Foreign relations—Russia—Congresses. 3. Russia—Foreign relations—Southeast Asia—Congresses. 4. Terrorism—Southeast Asia—Congresses. 5. National security—Southeast Asia—Congresses. 6. Southeast Asia—Foreign economic relations—Russia—Congresses. 7. Russia—Foreign economic relations—Southeast Asia—Congresses. I. Chufrin, Gennadi_Illarionovich. II. Hong, Mark. III. Teo, Kah Beng. IV. Institut mirovogo khozia_stva i mirovo_politiki (Akademiia nauk SSSR) V. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. DS528.8 R9A84 2006 ISBN 981-230-359-6 Typeset by Superskill Graphics Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Seng Lee Press Pte Ltd 00 ASEAN-RussiaRelationsPrelim 24/1/06, 2:17 PM 4 ...