Moscow-Beijing Eurasian Axis: Challenges and Levels of Engagement

Occupation: Member of research team «Multivariate analysis of the "Asian turn" in Russian foreign policy (achievements, problems, prospects)»
Affiliation: Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MGIMO University)
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Problemy Dalnego Vostoka

Edition

Issue 2

Pages

20-33

Abstract

Over the 20 years that have passed since the signing of the Treaty of Friendship in June 2001, Russian-Chinese relations have become one of the key factors for global development. Despite the active opposition of the West, their importance to world politics is steadily increasing. At bilateral, regional and global levels of interaction Russia and China face serious challenges, but both states invariably manage to find effective responses to them. As the Sino-American rivalry intensifies, Russia's role is constantly increasing. Russia and China demonstrate complementarity at bilateral economic level as well as at a global level, that allows them to meet common challenges to establishing new international order and withstand the pressure of the West. The extension of the Treaty both reaffirmed the strategic nature of the relationship and opened new areas of engagement, including ideological ones. Amid deepening contradictions and formations of new blocs in the Indo-Pacific region aimed to contain China, Russian-Chinese interaction is becoming increasingly interdependent without becoming a formal alliance. It can be described by the concept of axis, i.e. a form of close and coordinated interaction of major nations.

Keywords

Russian-Chinese relations, extension of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty, military-political alliance, axis, ideological conflicts

Acknowledgment

The study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 19-18-00142).

Received

16.11.2021

Publication date

19.04.2022

Number of characters

39114

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GOST	Vinogradov A. Moscow-Beijing Eurasian Axis: Challenges and Levels of Engagement // Problemy Dalnego Vostoka – 2022. – Issue 2 C. 20-33 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://pdv.jes.su/S013128120019693-3-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013128120019693-3
MLA	Vinogradov, Andrey "Moscow-Beijing Eurasian Axis: Challenges and Levels of Engagement." Problemy Dalnego Vostoka 2 (2022):20-33. DOI: 10.31857/S013128120019693-3
APA	Vinogradov A. (2022). Moscow-Beijing Eurasian Axis: Challenges and Levels of Engagement. Problemy Dalnego Vostoka (2), pp.20-33 DOI: 10.31857/S013128120019693-3

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