James D.J. Brown is a professor of political science at Temple University's Japan campus in Tokyo.
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Putin's Pacific party is over if Kim Jong Un is guest of honor
Even China's top leaders now snub Vladivostok's Eastern Economic Forum
Russian President Vladimir Putin awaits the head of Myanmar's junta at the 2022 Eastern Economic Forum: The forum now looks like a rogues' gallery of the world's worst regimes. (Pool via Reuters)
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