THE TERRITORIAL CONFLICT OVER THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES/ KURIL ISLANDS AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY
THE TERRITORIAL CONFLICT OVER THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES/ KURIL ISLANDS AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Author(s): Armine Poghosyan
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Asia Pacific Region; Russia, Japan; the United States; People Republic of China; security system; Northern Territories/Kuril islands;
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to examine the Geo strategic situation in the Asia Pacific Region,the relations between the key-actors and what are the perspectives for the progression of the Russian-Japanese relations in the existing circumstances.For more than 70 years, relations between Russia and Japan have been modeled on the territorial conflict over the Northern Territories (called so by Japan) / Kuril Islands (called so by Russia) and no Peace agreement has been concluded yet. The most serious obstacle on that way has been the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.For the Russian side, in the center of the cooperation lies the economic factor, while for the Japanese – the territorial settlement.What comes to the security issues, we encounter with more complicated situation. Here we have comparatively neutral geopolitical zone where meet the interests of the global powers such as the US, the Russian Federation, plus the regional actors

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