Russia in the Far East and Pacific Region

agreement alliance American April armaments arms ASEAN Asia-Pacific region Asian assistance August Beijing bilateral billion China Chinese Clinton Cold Cold War communist conflict countries December declared defense democratic diplomatic domestic DPRK EAPR East Asia European export forces Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister former Soviet Union Gazeta global Gorbachev important interests islands Izvestiya Japan Japanese joint July June Kim Il Sung Korean peninsula Korean War Kozyrev leaders leadership liberation ment military Ministry missile Moscow nomic North Korea North Korean nuclear nuclear issue nuclear weapons Pacific Party peace political position potential President problem Pyongyang reform regime relations relationship Republic of Korea role Russia Russia's foreign policy Russian Far East Russian Foreign Sejong Institute Seoul situation South Soviet Koreans Soviet Union stability Stalin strategic Taiwan territorial dispute threat tion Tokyo trade treaty United USSR weapons market West Western Yeltsin Yeltsin's visit