Russia in Global Affairs

Excessive demonization of Japan and freezing relations with it in response to its participation in the West’s anti-Russian coalition pose significant risks to Russian national interests. And it is relevant that Japan’s anti-Russian policy has motivations that qualitatively differ from the West’s.

Both in Europe and in East Asia, international crises flare up periodically, fraught with the threat of growing from the regional to the global level. Conflicts in international relations in East Asia manifest themselves no less, if not more, than in Europe. However, they are based on slightly different reasons than in the Occidental world.

US President Donald Trump’s official visit to Japan on May 25-28 drew more attention than a typical meeting of leaders from two major Western nations, considering the current international and political context and the fact that the visit took place in the run-up to the upcoming G20 Summit in Osaka, which cast the meeting as an important phase in preparations for this event.