The Kurillian Knot: A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations

This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading authority on Japanese-Russian diplomatic history, was trained at the Russian Institute of Columbia University. This volume contributes to our understanding of not only the intricacies of bilateral relations between Moscow and Tokyo, but, more generally, of Russia's and Japan's modes of foreign policy formation. The author also discusses the U.S. factor, which helped make Russia and Japan distant neighbors, and the threat from China, which might help these countries come closer in the near future. It would be hardly possible to discuss the future prospects of Northeast Asia without having first read this book.

Author: Hiroshi Kimura
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 03/28/2008
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.31w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780804758352

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 61

About the Author
Hiroshi Kimura is professor emeritus at Hokkaido University and at the International Center for Japanese Studies. His major publications in English include Distant Neighbors (2002) and International Negotiation: Actors, Structural Process, Values (1999), which he coedited.