The Sino-Russian Strategic Partnership: Prospects and Implications
Abstract
As economic, military and nuclear powers, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China remain two important players in world politics, Despite warmer relations today, Russia and China still do not trust each other and their current partnership is just a marriage of convenience, Three decades ago, relations between these nations were characterized by extreme hostility and suspicion, Confrontations that followed in subsequent years led analysts to believe that a major war between them was unavoidable, In the 1990s, however, Russia and China were able to overcome their differences and gradually improved their relations, culminating in a strategic partnership in 1996, Now they cooperate on a wide range of issues including political dialogue, energy infrastructure development, technology transfer, arms trade, and scientific, educational and cultural exchanges, Current cooperation helps Russia and China to deal with many issues, such as U,S hegemonism, expansion of NATO, development of TMD and NMD systems, and the growing threat from radical Islam, Behind the summit diplomacy and high-level interactions, there are many issues that underline good relations and challenge the partnership in the future; the nature of the partnership remains dubious, and Russia and China will not form a formal alliance, Russia and China are determined to reach their near term goals, and, therefore, the partnership will be sustained in the near future, Yet, because the long term goals of Russia and China are quite different, even the current relationship will eventually unravel,
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA417322
Entities
People
- Serdar Amarsayhan
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School