Russia’s ASEAN embrace (Emil Avdaliani, The Interpreter)

Russia cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expanding – the incentive for the new-found cosy relations largely stemming from Moscow’s confrontation with the European Union and the United States over Ukraine. Moscow has looked to Asia to mitigate the economic pressure from the imposition of Western sanctions that followed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s growing partnerships with China, North Korea and Iran have been central to its pivot, but cooperation with ASEAN has been little discussed.

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