Criticism and bibliography. REVIEWS Vol. 2, 3. Moscow: Nauchnaya kniga Publ., 2002, 480 p.; 479 p. (c) 2002 The second volume of selected works by E. P. Bazhanov is devoted to the problems of the Asia-Pacific region and issues of China's foreign and domestic policy in regional and global contexts from the point of view of Russia's interests for the period from the second half of the 1980s to 2000. Making undoubtedly useful recommendations on Russia's overall strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, the author draws attention to the need for a balanced domestic foreign policy both in the global dimension and in relations within the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, the book calls not to break the status quo that has developed in this region, gradually unraveling the knots of tension, strengthening the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and contributing to the weakening of the conventional arms race (vol.2, p. 59). These recommendations, based on the protracted financial crisis that has engulfed a number of Asia-Pacific countries and, as a result, strengthened the dominant role of the United States and increased the role of China, are not only general, but also quite specific: 1) development of Siberia and the Far East with the involvement of funds from foreign partners, but on the basis of a system of economic security; 2) settlement of border issues and issues of territorial demarcation (the Russian Federation with the PRC and Japan, the PRC with Japan, etc.), without postponing them to the next generations, "so that our descendants do not have to suffer", because "it is well known that armaments will become more sophisticated and, accordingly, any dispute will become more dangerous" (vol. 2, p. 46; however, on p. 54, the author, rightly assessing the commitment of the USSR/Russia to conclude a peace treaty with Japan, having solved the problem of the Southern Kuril Islands before 2000, as overstated, suggests " promoting Russian-Japanese relations b ... Read more