Andrey Nyazovich Karneev Biography

Write to the author about the nuances of the eastern vector, about the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the diplomatic advantages of Russia, economic and cultural ties, and much more in an interview with IA PrimaMedia with Professor Andrei Karneev, head of the school of oriental studies of the faculty of world economics and world policy of the NIU of the Higher School. Interviewer: Anton Efimov - You, I hope, will not ask me when China attacks Russia?

Previously, they are invited to television, and in the end it all comes down to this - when China will attack Russia? True, they stopped asking now. In OM, we have something to talk about. The whole world has been looking there and has been working there for a long time. Have we spent the sanctions? Even fifteen years old. The problems of "turning to the east", or as you said the "eastern vector" - this is in no way related to the current events.

This process arose back in the Om century. There were many attempts to revive our Far East, to make us more present in the dynamically developing region of the Asia-Pacific region, or as they say now-the "IT" of the Indian-Tikhookean region. It was necessary to strengthen the work with the countries of the Asia -Pacific region. If we take this year in the context of the conflict with the collective West, then our reversal concerns the intensification of all our old international ties.

That is, it is not only about the Asia -Pacific region. All these regions are of great interest for Russia. Activate these connections. If before it was possible there and here, now in the context of the conflict with the West, we need to increase our interaction in the economic, political, cultural spheres with countries outside the collective West. And on the other hand, this process coincided with the rise of Asia, countries that now play a noticeable role.

And they went to this for a long time, there is nothing to do with the conflict in Ukraine. And different experts interpret these processes differently. Some argue that the centuries of Asia will be, these society has already come a long way, they have increased economic power and will play a noticeable role in world politics, at least it will no longer decline.

We see that inside Russia there is also a turn to the east, courting all the development programs and all the bureaucracy that has multiplied around this. And there is such a technocratic idea that the Far Eastern Federal District should just serve the "eastern vector" of Russia. But, probably, not everything is as simple as it sounds? And traditionally, the cities of the European part of Russia dominate.

Therefore, it will not work out completely to be rebuilt to the east, we cannot just take and transfer all the cities to the eastern part of the country. There is no need to go to the extreme and believe that now we will declare a U -turn to the east and all problems will be solved. It is clear that in the East you also need to be able to work: trade, build multi -level connections.

And you need to understand that the West is pressure on the Asian countries so that they cooperate less with Russia. Alexey Maslov: In Asia, they do not sit and do not wait for Russia to come and bless them - how do we build relations with countries like Japan, South Korea and other, traditionally considered the sphere of influence of the West? There are forces that are configured to Russia both negatively and pragmatic.

There often the government is changing in these countries. And we hope that the dynamics will gradually become positive. Relations with these countries were seriously complicated because they experience pressure from the United States. Japan, South Korea are very dependent, and it is easier to put pressure on them. But there are countries that confront any pressure.

For example, China, India, Vietnam, Arab countries.

They appreciate the opportunity to pursue an independent foreign policy. This is one of the reasons why many countries of the world are not ready to begin to condemn Russia in connection with the events in Ukraine right now. Russia in the modern world creates the possibility of a maneuver for other states, otherwise we would have a dictatorship of the United States, the collective West, the world would be single -polar.

We are adherents of a multipolar world. And many countries are ready to continue pragmatic cooperation with Russia. Now you need to rush and establish economic ties with the neugustful East - Andrei Niyazovich, what would you advise the Russian leadership? How to behave in the east? They need to know well and strive to develop the positive that has already been accumulated.

This is the first recommendation. Cooperation has existed with some countries for decades. And what else? We are connected by relations of a military-political, military-industrial nature. Educational, cultural programs. Therefore, China is closer to us than other Asian countries, the same India. Because there are many years of cooperation in different areas, there are connections.

I must say that with Southeast Asia we have long established a rather constructive dialogue. Since Soviet times, we have a very trusting relationship with Indonesia. The second recommendation. An important content of Russian foreign policy should be the principle of multipolarity, which I already said above. And Russia does it. This is the most important resource.Russian diplomacy of the last decades tried to be very respectful of the role of the countries of East, South America, Africa.

To the role of the UN, international law. The inadmissibility of imposing on other countries of their models was emphasized, which is usually done by America. Russia has always proceeded from the fact that it is valuable variety. But you need to respect traditions, mentality, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of these countries. China also stands for this.

For the principle of inclusiveness. It is necessary to conduct large -scale inventory in Russia itself. Understand what we can do for the development of trade, economic, investment, and tourist relations. Previously, we could act slowly, in no hurry, as if to sit on the shore without straining. There was cooperation with the West. Now you need to rush and establish economic ties with the neugustful East.

You will have to take into account their specific requests, prepare specialists for these processes. Knowledge of languages, mentality, history, economic condition. So far, the West is more attractive to these countries. We went too much on the world market - do we look in the eyes of the East a country that is forced to stand with an outstretched hand? Why all the conversations about the reversal east were more by rhetoric, although something was done.

In recent decades, we had no point in turning somewhere-to someone face, and to Europe with his back. It was profitable to have good relations with the East, with the West, and due to this to achieve the best conditions for transactions. Now, on our initiative, Europe turned away from us. Yes, we are ready to work with different European countries to restore contacts, but if you conduct a sober and cold -blooded analysis, then most likely, in the near future, Europe will not be ready for this.

And the point here is not that we are forced to yell in front of the East, but we must sober up from our greatness, self -love and try, like many other countries of the world, when we were in a difficult situation, to discard excessive ambitions. And in Venezuela, and in Saudi Arabia, and to India, and to other countries they began to send high delegations, trying to enlist their support.

The United States, the collective West also felt a shortage of support. Previously, they were the masters there, colonial lords. Then they get rid of, but the West returned there in the era of globalization. It turned out that these countries of the former third world are important sales markets, production sites of Europe and the USA. And the West worked actively and works with these countries.

Therefore, in the countries of the East, Russian brands are so poorly represented, they are not. You go to Thailand, and you will be offered to buy French wines, Korean cosmetics. And Russia is known only by vodka, weapons. You need to work hard to find and occupy some of your niche on the market of Asia. We need Russian brands, Russian transnational companies.

Clothing, shoes? We are used to the fact that the West claims to us fashion, they bought and buy everything from them. But it was with a Soviet -type economy closed. And when we opened the borders, we hoped too much on the world market, we believed that we can buy everything there, and our industry can not be developed. And then it turned out that for political reasons, the free market is not so free.

Therefore, for such a country as Russia, which would like to pursue an independent foreign and domestic policy, you need to have its own powerful production base. It is clear that as in China it will not work, this is a world factory. Since the time of Barack Obama, a slogan has been heard about the need to return production to America.