Axis of convenience : Moscow, Beijing, and the new geopolitics

Axis of convenience : Moscow, Beijing, and the new geopolitics /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lo, Bobo, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Geopolitics > Russia (Federation)
Geopolitics > China.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Geopolitics
Diplomatic relations
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > China.
China > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)
Chine > Relations extérieures > Russie.
China
Russia (Federation)
Computer network resources.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cooperation, ambiguity and tension
  • The burden of history
  • Strategic partnership: image and reality
  • The "yellow peril," engagement in the Russian far East
  • "Peaceful rise" and the shifting Sino-Russian balance
  • Cooperation and competition in Central Asia
  • East Asia-- arena of the great powers
  • The geopolitics of energy
  • The grand chessboard revisited-- Russia, China, and the United States
  • Conclusion, from "strategic partnership" to strategic tension.

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