A steady stream of world leaders has travelled to Beijing to visit the Chinese president.
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Russia is clearly now the junior partner in its ‘no-limits friendship’ with China.
Trump’s erratic statements, sudden tariff escalations and media outbursts risk convincing adversaries that chaos is the message, not the method.
China is now the top trading partner for four of the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states. Russia, however, is desperate to reassert its dominance in the region.
Russia is becoming more reliant on naval support from China, limiting Moscow’s sea-power reach.
With its focus on war with its neighbor, Russia has taken its eyes off the ball elsewhere. As a result, its position is much weaker – but Putin remains dangerous.
Russia is becoming more reliant on naval support from China, limiting Moscow’s sea-power reach.
Russian attempts to use the Arctic as a military resource for the war are starting to be diminished by more effective western pushback.
Following deteriorating relations with the West, Russia has shifted focus to Asia, and hold China to help expand its influence.
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