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China-Russia Relations in Times of Crisis: a neoclassical realist explanation / Korolev, Alexander ; Portyakov, Vladimir

Portyakov, Vladimir	Journal Article
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Although not formal allies, China and Russia have steadily increased their strategic cooperation. However, crises and tensions in each other's areas of strategic interest continue to complicate each country's relations with the other and the rest of the international community. In this article we explore China's reaction toward major crises in the post-Soviet space (the Caucasus crisis of 2008 and the Ukraine crisis of 2014) and Russia's responses to the South China Sea dispute and show that they share many similarities. To explain the reaction patterns and better understand the nature of contemporary China-Russia relations, we apply a neoclassical realist framework, which helps assess the impact of both system-level and unit-level factors on great powers' behavior. The assessment demonstrates that the observed behavior pattern is an outcome of causal forces of different levels simultaneously pushing in different directions.

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Neoclassical Realism ; South China Sea Dispute ; Caucasus Crisis ; Ukraine Crisis ; China-Russia Relations

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Reset in Russian-U.S. relations: tactical move or strategic choice? / Ivanov, I

Ivanov, I	Journal Article
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2012.

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IN RECENT YEARS, the relations between Russia and the United States have been developing under the sign of the "reset" that was initiated in early 2009 by Russian President D. Medvedev and U.S. President B. Obama The "reset" replaced an acute phase of confrontation. That was how the relations between our countries were described under the President George W. Bush's Republican administration in the U.S. Despite the highfalutin statements about partnership that were contained in joint Russian-U.S. declarations approved at the top level in 2002 and 2008. these relations, in the opinion of many experts, have dropped to the lowest point since the end of the Cold War. The culmination of that was the so-called Caucasus crisis in August 2008 when Washington openly took the side of the Georgian leadership that had provoked an armed conflict with Russia.

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Armed Conflict ; United States ; Russia ; Medvedev ; Obama ; Caucasus Crisis ;
Georgian Leadership

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