Between Tokyo and Moscow: the history of an uneasy relationship 1972 to the 1990s

GLAUBITZ Joachim

Between Tokyo and Moscow: the history of an uneasy relationship 1972 to the 1990s - Lonodn: Hurst and Co., 1995 - 308p.

Notwithstanding the fall of communism and the widely held expectation of rapidly improving relationships between Japan and Russia, relations continue to be marked by tension and suspicion. Control of the Kurile islands, seized by the USSR at the end of the Second World War, remains a major stumbling block.This book charts slow pace of progress, some achievements, some problems, with chapter 8 addressing aspects of security policy.

1850652368 (hbk.)


FOREIGN POLICY
FOREIGN RELATIONS
JAPAN
SOVIET UNION