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China, Russia, and the Future of World Order
(2023)Strategic Trends ~ Strategic Trends 2023: Key Developments in Global AffairsChina and Russia pose illiberal challenges to world order, most visibly at present in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and in the threat that China poses to Taiwan. Shared views on world order, particularly the desire to reduce US power and to resist universal claims for democracy and human rights, are an important driver of the China-Russia partnership. Despite recent setbacks, the concept of a liberal international order remains ...Book Chapter -
US-China Strategic Competition in Each Domestic Context
(2023)China-US CompetitionThe U.S.-China strategic competition has grown increasingly intense in recent years. A large share of the explanation lies in the changing structure of the international system, as a rising China poses a challenge to the U.S. position as the established superpower. Domestic political factors in both countries also play important roles, however. The clash between the two countries’ political systems, pitting a liberal democracy against a ...Book Chapter -
China-Russia Relations and Asian Security
(2022)Strategic Trends ~ Strategic Trends 2022: Key Developments in Global AffairsChina and Russia continued to draw closer together in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. If their partnership remains strong in the war’s aftermath, then the implications are likely to be far-reaching, including for Asian security. Competition between rival blocs could define the international system. US and allied concerns about a two-front war would continue to grow. In Asia, where China and Russia have expanded their bilateral ...Book Chapter -
China-Russia Cooperation in Nuclear Deterrence
(2022)Russia-China RelationsNuclear issues have historically played an important role in the development of relations between Moscow and Beijing, acting as a source of both potential discord and emergent cooperation. Cooperation by China and Russia to strengthen their respective nuclear deterrents is already an important factor in international security and could grow in importance over time. CSS' Brian Carlson's book chapter assesses actual China-Russia cooperation ...Book Chapter -
China-Russia Relations and Transatlantic Security
(2021)Strategic Trends ~ Strategic Trends 2021: Key Developments in Global AffairsThe China-Russia relationship is an increasingly important factor in transatlantic security. Russia and China pose security challenges to the Euro-Atlantic region in distinct and mostly uncoordinated ways, but their partnership allows both countries to pursue spheres of influence close to home. The United States and its allies will therefore face growing security challenges in both the Euro-Atlantic and Asia-Pacific regions. The rise of ...Book Chapter -
Room for Maneuver: China and Russia Strengthen Their Relations
(2018)Strategic Trends ~ Strategic Trends 2018At a time of turmoil in the West, China and Russia pose growing challenges to the liberal international order. The China-Russia relationship has grown stronger in recent years, as the two countries have increased coordination on North Korea and other issues. China and Russia are not about to form an alliance, but neither are they likely to drift apart in the near future. Their shared concerns about US power and resistance to liberal norms ...Book Chapter