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Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In the United States, President Donald Trump claims to be a wartime president, while denying any responsibility as the country proved unprepared to confront its most serious…

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Sino-Russian Consolidation at a Time of Geopolitical Rivalry

(CLM) There has a been a notable consolidation of the Sino-Russian partnership during the past two years. Although this has coincided with the U.S.-China trade war and a period of increased…

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Putin and Xi: Ice Cream Buddies and Tandem Strongmen

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) As Moscow and Beijing enter into the 70th year of their relationship since the Communist Revolution in China, what does the apparent bromance between Presidents Xi…

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Wishnick: The North Korean nuclear crisis has prompted unprecedented collaboration between Russia and China

(Asia Times) Shared interests and a common enemy can turn old adversaries into allies – and that is what’s happening in the waters of the western Pacific. Russia and China’s navies…

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Wishnick: Russian scholars feel their country can play the role of honest broker in North Korea

(U.S. News & World Report) In January, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Kim Jong Un for establishing a nuclear weapons program that “solved his strategic task,” calling the reclusive 30-something North Korean leader…

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The Sino-Russian partnership in the Arctic

(CPI) In December 2017, the 27 billion dollar Yamal LNG project became operational, the first joint Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) project to reach fruition and a major Chinese…

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Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Southern Europe has been a new area of focus for the Sino-Russian partnership in recent years. Cultural and religious ties with Orthodox majority states have long given…

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The Unpredictable Triangle: U.S.-China-Russia Relations in the Trump Era

(China-US Focus) The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States at first seemed likely to rearrange the U.S.-Russia-China strategic triangle. If you remember your geometry lessons, we now…

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Wishnick: US-Russia tensions enable China and Russia to move more quickly on economic cooperation projects

(TMN) Host Luke Vargas discusses the U.S.-China relationship in the age of President Trump. When Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Trump earlier this month U.S. strikes in Syria overshadowed the…

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Tensions with Russia Heat up the Melting Arctic

(PONARS Policy Memo) In a 1987 speech in Murmansk, Mikhail Gorbachev famously called for the Arctic to become a “zone of peace.” Since the end of the Cold War, Arctic states…

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Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic

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The Sino-Russian partnership in the Arctic

Are China and Russia Teaming Up in Southern Europe?

The Unpredictable Triangle: U.S.-China-Russia Relations in the Trump Era

Wishnick: US-Russia tensions enable China and Russia to move more quickly on economic cooperation projects

Tensions with Russia Heat up the Melting Arctic