Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Tokyo, Moscow and the Disputed Islands 2. Determinants of Russian and Japanese Subnational Diplomacy and the Rise of the 'Sakhalin Factor' 3. Hokkaido-Sakhalin Transnational Relations 4. The Sakhalin Political Élite and the South Kuril Islands 5. Sakhalin Public Opinion and the South Kuril Islands 6. Sakhalin’s Commercial Environment and Local Trade. Conclusion. Postscript: Putin and the 'Sakhalin Factor'

About the Author

Brad Williams is a visiting fellow in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. He is the co-editor of Japan, Australia and Asia-Pacific Security (Routledge, 2006).