SUBPROJECT 4

 The Japan Sea - Okhotsk Sea Region 
(Far Eastern Russia, Japan, China, South Korea)

Regional processes in the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea Region are gaining an increased significance for security and stability sought in the transformation and unification of
the political space. Opportunities exist for implementing established or agreed understandings and presenting new and innovative ideas. Security in the region is affected by structures and policies in the wider Asian and Pacific context. The changing Eurasian security policy situation affects by a rapidly growing economy of China and the reunification with Hong Kong. The natural resources of the Russian Far East are of interest to the countries of North-East Asia.  Stability and sustainable security in the region are the key issue for global/Asian-Pacific security policies.

The permanent scanning and monitoring of the situation in the region complemented with assessment and expertise through the independent network of security experts from Russia, Japan, China, South Korea, aims to create a
political, legal, and institutional milieu to halt the development of destabilising factors, the emergence and escalation of violence and hostilities. The task is
establishing additional structures and generating complementary policies that would enhance regional security and contributing to the common security order in the Japan Sea-Okhotsk Sea region.