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China and Russia: The New Rapprochement

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With many predicting the end of US hegemony, Russia and China's growing cooperation in a number of key strategic areas looks set to have a major impact on global power dynamics. But what lies behind this Sino-Russian rapprochement? Is it simply the result of deteriorated Russo-US and Sino-US relations or does it date back to a more fundamental alignment of interests after the Cold War?

This book by leading expert on Sino-Russian relations Alexander Lukin attempts to answer these questions by offering a deeply-informed and nuanced assessment of Russia and China's ever-closer ties. Tracing the evolution of this partnership from the 1990s to the present day, he shows how economic and geopolitical interests drove the two counties together in spite of political and cultural differences. Key areas of cooperation and possible conflict are explored from bilateral trade and investment to immigration and security. Ultimately, Lukin argues that China and Russia's informal alliance is part of a growing system of cooperation in the non-Western world, which has also seen the emergence of a new political community: Greater Eurasia. Combining accessibility with expert sensitivity to the complexities of the subject, Lukin's vision of the new China-Russia rapprochement will be essential reading for anyone interested in understanding this evolving partnership and the way in which it is altering the contemporary geopolitical landscape.

Author: Lukin Alexander
Publisher: POLITY PRESS
Pages: 220
ISBN: 9781509521715
Cover: Paperback
Edition Number: 1
Release Year: 2018

Contents

Acknowledgements

About the author

Foreword

Chapter 1. Russia, China and the changing international system

Chapter 2. Russia in the eyes of China

Chapter 3. Russia’s pivot to Asia or China? Chinese views of Russia

Chapter 4. From normalization to strategic partnership

Chapter 5. The strategic partnership matures: multidimensional cooperation

Conclusions. Beyond Strategic Partnership? Managing relations in an insecure world

Alexander Lukin is Head of the Global Economy & International Affairs Department at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

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