Russia’s Narrow Path in Southeast Asia

Narrow niche built on arms sales, energy exports, pragmatic diplomacy

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

Paying dues to Ho Chi Minh. © Thông Tấn Xã Việt Nam

Although Russia isn’t a dominant power in Southeast Asia, it refuses to disappear from the region’s strategic landscape. While China dominates trade and the United States anchors the region’s security architecture, Moscow has carved out a narrower niche built on arms sales, energy …