Multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region in the conditions of global trends
An analysis of Asia-Pacific formats and initiatives of multilateral cooperation through the prism of global trends in 2014-2015 demonstrates decreasing significance of accelerated trade and investment liberalization along the Asia-Pacific track and rising interest to strengthening regional connectivity. A search for new opportunities to maintain high rates of economic growth and political stability make Asia-Pacific actors expand the connectivity framework upon the nascent Eurasian mega-region. This meets Russia’s interests in terms of expanding the spectrum of its foreign policy instruments in Asia-Pacific and integrating the Asia-Pacific and the Eurasian vectors of its foreign policy.