This book examines how recent fundamental changes influence Sino-Russian relations and the wider long-term implications of the revolving Sino-Russian dynamic on international affairs. It brings together leading scholars to examine recent developments across the whole relationship from grand strategy and global governance, to bilateral energy and military ties, and regional interaction in Central Asia, Northeast Asia, and the Middle East. The Sino-Russian relationship boasts major achievements, but also reveals important differences and latent tensions. The project is intended for policy-makers, academics and students of strategic studies, diplomacy studies, Chinese politics, Russian politics and foreign policy.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Bobo Lo
Part I Grand strategies
Chapter 2The Indispensable Partner: Russia in Chinas Grand Strategy
Mingjiang Li and Angela Poh
Chapter 3Unwanted but Inevitable: Russias Deepening Partnership with China post-Ukraine
Alexander Gabuev
Part IIBilateral and regional developments
Chapter 4Explaining the Emerging Sino-Russian Energy Partnership
Morena Skalamera
Chapter 5The Military Dimension in Sino-Russian Relations
Paul N. Schwartz
Chapter 6Tending the Eurasian Garden: Russia, China and the Dynamics of Regional Integration and Order
Alexander Cooley
Chapter 7China, Russia and the Great Power Contest in the Middle East
Jo Inge Bekkevold
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