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The Impact of China–Russia Partnership on Stability in East Asia

Led by Stein Tønnesson
Jan 2014 - Dec 2016

This project follows and examines the strategic partnership between Russia and China, the impact these relations have on the pattern of peaceful cooperation and conflict management in East-Asia, and to which extent and how the Ukraine crisis plays into the relationship.

To what extent and how does Russia try to influence relations between China and other countries in East Asia?
How much extra leverage could China gain through engaging Russia in its Korea diplomacy, and in its disputes with other East Asian powers?
How may other East Asian powers affect the viability of the Russian-Chinese proto-alliance?

The project is funded in three phases by the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. It is coordinated with the East Asian Peace program at Uppsala University, led by Stein Tønnesson.

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Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Baev, Pavel K. (2017) Russia and China come together and drift apart in the New Cold War, Tamkang Journal of International Affairs 20(4): 39–90.

Baev, Pavel K. & Stein Tønnesson (2017) The Troubled Russia–China Partnership as a Challenge to the East Asian Peace, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. DOI: 10.1007/s40647-017-0166-y: 1–17.

Baev, Pavel K. (2016) "Hybrid War" Is Bad for Business: Russia Seeks in Vain to Upgrade Its Quasi-Alliance with China, Journal of Defense Studies and Resource Management 4(2): 1–6.

Baev, Pavel K. (2016) Russia's pivot to China goes astray: The impact on the Asia-Pacific security architecture, Contemporary Security Policy 37(1): 89–110.

Baev, Pavel K. & Stein Tønnesson (2015) Can Russia keep its special ties with Vietnam while moving closer and closer to China?, International Area Studies Review 18(3): 312–325.