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Forging a Sino–Russo Alliance: Analysis with a Hybrid Theoretical Framework
- China: An International Journal
- NUS Press Pte Ltd
- Volume 15, Number 1, February 2017
- pp. 140-162
- 10.1353/chn.2017.0008
- Article
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Abstract:
China and Russia belong to different civilisations that preclude a stable alliance. However, the two countries share views on many major international issues and are in a viable position to push for an alternative international order. This article employs a hybrid model to examine the dynamics in the Sino–Russo relations, taking factors such as external pressure, national identity, culture and history, overall national strategy as well as balance of power into account.