Can Russia and China form an alliance to balance the United States?

• Authors: Andersone Liene
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The recent decade has seen an intensification of Russia-China cooperation, also in the military field. Both countries share the view that the current international order with the US hegemony in the centre of it is unjust. The Western sanctions towards Russia after the war in Ukraine in 2014 and the US pivot to Asia has given even more incentive for both countries to cooperate. That raises the question whether Russia and China can form an alliance to balance the US power and if there is any potential to form such an alliance.

Keywords

EN

Russia; China; Alliance; Balance of Power; Soft Balancing

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii WSB
• Journal: Security Forum
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 1
• Issue: Volume 1 No. 1/2017
• Pages: 7-15

Contributors

author

Andersone Liene

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26410/SF_1/17/1