Russia's new 'pivot to Asia' increases the global significance of Russia's Siberia and Far East. The contributors - recognized experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and Singapore - analyze political, economic, social and geostrategic roadblocks in the Russia/Asia Pacific relations, offering directions for further development.

Evgeny Kanaev, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. Victor Larin, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia. Arne Melchior, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway. Pan, Xingming, East China Normal University, China. Satoshi Sakai, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan. Sung Hoon Jeh, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), Korea. Chen Gang, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Yang Fang, Australian National University, Australia. Yang Cheng, East China Normal University, China. Indra Overland Norwegian Institute of International Affairs(NUPI), Norway.