China and Russia: The New Rapprochment: The New Rapprochement - Softcover

Lukin, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509521712 ISBN 13: 9781509521715

Verlag: Polity, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

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?

In this book Alexander Lukin answers these questions, 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 countries 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 strategic partnership 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. His 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.

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Alexander Lukin is Head of the International Relations Department at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Polity
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1509521712
• ISBN 13: 9781509521715
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240
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