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situation in Asia and the Pacific is. on the whole, favorable.
According to our assessments, the majority of the regional countries want Russia to upgrade
its profile in Asia.
Our chances in the APR are good; several important steps have been made. We should skill-
fully use the historical chance for organic integration into the region.
Vladimir Orlov:
I think that, first and foremost, Russia should invest into a common sci-
entific and educational expanse in the APR otherwise the coming generations of experts,
politicians and businessmen will never learn to look at Russia as part of their region no mat-
ter how hard we will try at the Vladivostok summit.
Vadim Pestov,
Chief Specialist, Department of International Cooperation, State Atomic Energy Cor-
poration Rosatom:
Despite the negative effects of the world economic crisis, an increasingly greater number
of countries are carried away by the wave of nuclear renaissance which swept the world.
In July 2010, our experts attended the ASEAN forum where they presented Russian nuclear
technologies and familiarized the forum with our experience abroad. In September 2010,
Rosatom attended a scientific-technical seminar "Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy in the
APR" which took place in Hanoi.
The results of these undertakings were used to elaborate and realize measures designed to
broaden scientific and technological cooperation and exchange of technologies, stimulate
commercialization of the most promising Russian technologies in Southeast Asia, set up an
efficient mechanism of direct ties in this sphere and develop partnership between the states
and private companies.
Konstantin Kokorev,
First Deputy Director, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies:
We should go to the East; this is, however, a two-way process. Whether we want this or not
if we fail to come, others will be there instead. If we fail to take extraordinary and very much
needed measures, we shall find ourselves "one too many." The ASEAN countries are inter-
ested in our eastern regions; this means that we should demonstrate consistency and intel-
ligence to use this interest for the benefit of our country.
The situation in the APR is far from simple. Why? The local economies and local approaches
are too varied. There is a structure, however, which will keep the region united and which
will ensure regional security. This is ASEAN. Chinese sources rarely, if ever, write about
ASEAN + 6 or ASEAN + 8. The larger formats require more time to produce results.
Georgy Toloraya,
Vice President, Unity for Russia Foundation; Director of Korean Programs, Institute
of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences:
While summing up 2010, we should bear in mind that it is too early to dismiss "hard power"
as a security instrument and to pin hopes on economic cooperation and "soft power."
It is not quite correct that say that the security issues in Asia are not as important as in South
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