Title:

 Japan, ASEAN keep cool as huge Russian war-games unfold

Author:

Peter J. Brown

Source:

Asia Times

Date:

 September 12, 2018

Description:

As the mighty Vostok 2018 exercise unrolls across the vast spaces of Eastern Russia and the seas beyond, elsewhere in the region, the reaction is muted. The upgrade in the Beijing-Moscow military partnership has ramifications for Japan, but fewer for Southeast Asia, where China and Russia have fewer alignments.