Russia and the Asia-Pacific
Russia and the Asia-Pacific is the book series of the project and network “Russia’s North Pacific.” The German Historical Institute Moscow has been engaged in developing this project since the spring of 2017 in cooperation with the Chair for Russian-Asian Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. The aim is to establish a worldwide network of researchers interested in this thematic focus. Investigation here is centred on regional processes of entanglements and disentanglements between actors in the Russian Pacific region and those from other countries bordering on the area viewed from perspectives both historical and oriented to the present. Looking at Russia as a Pacific power opens a window onto analyzing the Asia-Pacific region in new social and political terms.
Both the project “Russia’s North Pacific” and the associated book series have a historical focal point but are structured along interdisciplinary lines. The time frame extends from the 18th century to the present. Correspondingly, the series is not only suitable for historical studies but also for investigations drawn from the political and social sciences, environmental and regional studies. Along with selected findings of relevant workshops and conferences, the series is also open to contributions from monographic studies by German and international researchers, not least from outstanding master’s and doctoral theses. Publication is possible in English and German. A scientific advisory board accompanies the work of the series, ensuring adherence to high standards of quality.
Russia and the Asia-Pacific
Series editors
- Dr. Benjamin Beuerle (CMB Berlin)
- Dr. Sandra Dahlke (DHIM)
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Renner (LMU München)
- Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau (DHIM)
Published so far
Russia's North Pacific: Centres and Peripheries
The series “Russia and the Asia-Pacific” explores political, economic, social, cultural and environmental interactions of the Russian Far East within its Asian-Pacific context as well as with the Russian capital in the past and present. Its first volume addresses from a multidisciplinary perspective notably the following questions: How were and are directives from a centre thousands of kilometers away perceived and implemented by actors in this region? To which extent was and is the centre successful or how did or does it fail in integrating a region as far away from the centre as the Russian Far East in its state structures? How have notions of “centre” and “periphery” changed over time?
