The UP Asian Center and the UP Department of Political Science will host the onsite book talk, "Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War," on 4 November 2025, 10 to 11:30 AM (GMT+8), at the Seminar Room, Second Floor of the Hall of Wisdom, Asian Center, UP Diliman. The event is open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to register online.
ABOUT THE BOOK
In the first major study of Russia-Southeast Asia relations since the end of the Cold War, Ian Storey traces the dramatic shifts in Moscow’s interests in the region under President Vladimir Putin. He skillfully assesses the long-lasting legacy of the Soviet Union, traces the evolution of Putin’s foreign policy and identifies the driving forces behind the Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia. With expert insights, Storey examines Russia’s political, economic and military engagement with ASEAN and each of the eleven Southeast Asian countries over the past quarter of a century. He also delivers an in-depth analysis of how Southeast Asia responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and what the Russia-Ukraine War means for Moscow’s great power ambitions in the region and beyond.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
IAN STOREY, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
Dr. Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. He specializes in regional security issues with a focus on Southeast Asia’s relations with the major powers and maritime security, especially the South China Sea dispute. Since joining ISEAS in 2007 he has been the chief editor of the academic journal Contemporary Southeast Asia. Prior to ISEAS, Ian held academic positions at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii, and at Deakin University, Australia. Ian received his PhD from the City University of Hong Kong, his Masters degree from the International University of Japan and his BA (Hons) from the University of Hull, England. He is the author of Putin’s Russia and Southeast Asia: The Kremlin’s Pivot to Asia and the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War (2025), Southeast Asia and the Rise of China: The Search for Security (2011) and numerous articles, reports and opinion pieces.
ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
This book talk is organized by the UP Asian Center in partnership with the UP Department of Political Science.