Tsuneo Akaha is Professor of International Policy Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, California.

• Part 1 Moscow and the Russian far East; Chapter 1 The Political Dimension, Robert Valliant; Chapter 2 The Security Dimension, Alexei V. Zagorsky; Part 2 Economic Development in the Russian far East; Chapter 3 Economic Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha, Pavel A. Minakir, Kunio Okada; Chapter 4 Problems of Resource Development in the Russian far East, Evgenii B. Kovrigin; Chapter 5 Minerals and Mining in the Russian far East, James P. Dorian; Chapter 6 The Present Situation and Future Problems of Energy Production in the Russian far East, Takashi Murakami; Chapter 7 Environmental Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha; Part 3 Russia, the Russian Far East and the Asia—Pacific Neighbors; Chapter 8 Russia and the United States in Northeast Asia and the Russian far East, Vladimir I. Ivanov; Chapter 9 The Russian far East in Russo–Japanese Relations, Nobuo Arai, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; Chapter 10 Russo–Chinese Normalization from an International Perspective, James Clay Moltz; Chapter 11 Russia’s far East in Contemporary Russian–Korean Relations, Vladimir F. Li; Chapter 12 The Russian far East and Northeast Asia, Robert A. Manning; Chapter 13 Conclusion, Tsuneo Akaha;

Tsuneo Akaha is Professor of International Policy Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, California.

• Part 1 Moscow and the Russian far East; Chapter 1 The Political Dimension, Robert Valliant; Chapter 2 The Security Dimension, Alexei V. Zagorsky; Part 2 Economic Development in the Russian far East; Chapter 3 Economic Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha, Pavel A. Minakir, Kunio Okada; Chapter 4 Problems of Resource Development in the Russian far East, Evgenii B. Kovrigin; Chapter 5 Minerals and Mining in the Russian far East, James P. Dorian; Chapter 6 The Present Situation and Future Problems of Energy Production in the Russian far East, Takashi Murakami; Chapter 7 Environmental Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha; Part 3 Russia, the Russian Far East and the Asia—Pacific Neighbors; Chapter 8 Russia and the United States in Northeast Asia and the Russian far East, Vladimir I. Ivanov; Chapter 9 The Russian far East in Russo–Japanese Relations, Nobuo Arai, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; Chapter 10 Russo–Chinese Normalization from an International Perspective, James Clay Moltz; Chapter 11 Russia’s far East in Contemporary Russian–Korean Relations, Vladimir F. Li; Chapter 12 The Russian far East and Northeast Asia, Robert A. Manning; Chapter 13 Conclusion, Tsuneo Akaha;

Tsuneo Akaha is Professor of International Policy Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, California.

• Part 1 Moscow and the Russian far East; Chapter 1 The Political Dimension, Robert Valliant; Chapter 2 The Security Dimension, Alexei V. Zagorsky; Part 2 Economic Development in the Russian far East; Chapter 3 Economic Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha, Pavel A. Minakir, Kunio Okada; Chapter 4 Problems of Resource Development in the Russian far East, Evgenii B. Kovrigin; Chapter 5 Minerals and Mining in the Russian far East, James P. Dorian; Chapter 6 The Present Situation and Future Problems of Energy Production in the Russian far East, Takashi Murakami; Chapter 7 Environmental Challenge in the Russian far East, Tsuneo Akaha; Part 3 Russia, the Russian Far East and the Asia—Pacific Neighbors; Chapter 8 Russia and the United States in Northeast Asia and the Russian far East, Vladimir I. Ivanov; Chapter 9 The Russian far East in Russo–Japanese Relations, Nobuo Arai, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa; Chapter 10 Russo–Chinese Normalization from an International Perspective, James Clay Moltz; Chapter 11 Russia’s far East in Contemporary Russian–Korean Relations, Vladimir F. Li; Chapter 12 The Russian far East and Northeast Asia, Robert A. Manning; Chapter 13 Conclusion, Tsuneo Akaha;