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"The Russian annexation of Crimea was one of the great strategic
shocks of the past twenty-five years. For many in the West,
Moscow's actions in early 2014 marked the end of illusions about
cooperation, and the return to geopolitical and ideological
confrontation. Russia, for so long a peripheral presence, had
become the central actor in a new global drama. In this
groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Bobo Lo analyzes the broader
context of the crisis by examining the interplay between Russian
foreign policy and an increasingly anarchic international
environment. He argues that Moscow's approach to regional and
global affairs reflects the tension between two very different
worlds-the perceptual and the actual. The Kremlin highlights the
decline of the West, a resurgent Russia, and the emergence of a new
multipolar order. But this idealized view is contradicted by a
world disorder that challenges core assumptions about the dominance
of great powers and the utility of military might. Its lesson is
that only those states that embrace change will prosper in the
twenty-first century. A Russia able to redefine itself as a modern
power would exert a critical influence in many areas of
international politics. But a Russia that rests on an outdated
sense of entitlement may end up instead as one of the principal
casualties of global transformation. "
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.
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.
Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the ""strategic
partnership"" between Russia and China. Official rhetoric portrays
it as the very model of international cooperation: Moscow and
Beijing claim that ties are closer and warmer than at any time in
history. In reality, however, the picture is highly ambiguous.
While both sides are committed to multifaceted engagement,
cooperation is complicated by historical suspicions, cultural
prejudices, geopolitical rivalries, and competing priorities. For
Russia, China is at once the focus of a genuine convergence of
interests and the greatest long-term threat to its national
security. For China, Russia is a key supplier of energy and
weapons, but is frequently dismissed as a self-important power
whose rhetoric far outstrips its real influence. Axis of
Convenience cuts through the mythmaking and examines the
Sino-Russian partnership on its own merits. It steers between the
overblown interpretation of an anti-Western (particularly,
anti-American) alliance and the complacent assumption that past
animosities and competing agendas must always divide the two
nations. Their relationship reflects a new geopolitics, one that
eschews formal alliances in favor of more flexible and
opportunistic arrangements. Ultimately, it is an axis of
convenience driven by cold-eyed perceptions of the national
interest. In evaluating the current state and future prospects of
the relationship, Bobo Lo assesses its impact on the evolving
strategic environments in Central and East Asia. He also analyzes
the global implications of rapprochement between Moscow and
Beijing, focusing in particular on the geopolitics of energy and
Russia-China-U.S. triangularism.
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