Exploring the emerging balance of power in Northeast Asia (NEA) and Russia's role in that system, this book highlights its crucial importance to both the wider Asia-Pacific and the global international system. Replacing America's hegemony, this multipolarity is somewhat skewed, with the U.S. and China as the two strongest actors, while Russia, North and South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are noticeably less influential in the region. The picture is further...