| ID | 192955 |
| Title Proper | Fragmented cooperation |
| Other Title Information | the role of state-owned and private companies in Sino-Russian energy collaboration |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kaczmarski, Marcin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Observers tend to interpret the contemporary Sino-Russian relationship in terms of strategic, purposeful cooperation driven by national interests and power-political considerations. The search for power and security, as well as balancing against the United States, have increasingly been pushing China and Russia closer together. The energy realm offers a distinct picture of the Sino-Russian relationship. The pace of cooperation has varied and depended on key domestic players in particular sectors. As a consequence, success stories have been accompanied by major setbacks. Energy cooperation encompasses both a meteoric rise of oil cooperation and the muddling through of gas cooperation. The foundations for close ties in the energy realm were laid well before the post-Crimean acceleration of Sino-Russian cooperation. More often than not, however, parochial interests of dominant state-owned and private enterprises rather than strategic considerations have driven this cooperation. Looking through the prism of energy cooperation, I emphasize the complexity of Russia and China as actors in international politics instead of approaching them as rational and unitary players. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Perspectives Vol. 47, No.3; Summer 2023: p.393-413 |
| Journal Source | Asian Perspectives Vol: 47No 3 |
| Key Words | Energy ; Oil ; China ; Russia ; Gazprom ; Gas ; Russia - China Relations ; Novatek ; Rosneft |