The Russo-Chinese partnership, if not alliance, has frequently encountered challenges and obstacles in the past. Two years ago, Russian Defense Minister Segei Shoigu and his deputy, Anatoly Antonov, openly called for a military alliance against terrorism and color revolutions, although for now, China has remained silent on the matter (Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, November 18, 2014; Nezavisimaya Gazeta, November 20, 2014). And in their recent book, Russia’s Far East: New Dynamics in Asia Pacific and Beyond (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015), Artem Lukin and Rensselaer Lee flatly say that President Vladimir Putin has sought an alliance with Beijing …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
