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ID148055
Title ProperBrothers in arms, yet again? twenty-first century Sino-Russian strategic collaboration in the realm of defence and security
LanguageENG
AuthorEngelbrekt, Kjell ;  Watts, John ;  Ledberg, Sofia
Summary / Abstract (Note)2014–2015 were years of turmoil for strategic relations, with Sino-Russian relations emerging as a particularly interesting set of ties to observe. This article asks whether recurrent Sino-Russian exhortations of friendship are mirrored by their strategic alignment in the defence and security realm, half a century after the end of the Sino-Soviet pact during the communist era. We examine the arms trade between the two countries and with regional partners, but also the recent pattern of bilateral and multilateral military exercises, as a combined test of the security and defence relationship. We are able to show that the image of friendship that both Moscow and Beijing like to promote, while apparent at the UN Security Council and within the BRICS group, remains constrained by rivalry in high-tech segments of the arms industry and by lingering concerns about the prospects of peer interference in their shared regional vicinity.
`In' analytical NoteDefence Studies Vol. 16, No.4; Dec 2016: p.427-449
Journal SourceDefence StudiesVol: 16 No 4
Key WordsArms Trade ;  China ;  Russia ;  SCO ;  Strategic Collaboration ;  Military Exercises


 
 
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