China dictates the pace and areas of its cooperation with Russia.
- Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, University of Glasgow
Putin’s trip to Beijing may not have gained him as many trade benefits as he had hoped.
The forum made it clear that Russia is increasingly becoming a client state for China.
China’s partnership with Russia has been unbalanced in recent years, as Beijing grew more powerful.
China is looking at how the Ukraine war could end, and working out just what place Beijing wants in a post-war world.
China’s rocky relationship with the US may influence the way it reacts to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It remains to be seen what the reset of the relations between the two countries will actually mean for the rest of the world.
The closer Ukraine’s ties with the west – especially the US – the more aggressive Russia’s reaction as it continues to pursue regional dominance.
The two leaders ignored the most pressing global issue to concentrate on the status quo issues of security and arms control.
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