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Axis of convenience : Moscow, Beijing, and the new geopolitics /

Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the "strategic partnership" between Russia and China. Official rhetoric portrays it as the very model of international cooperation: Moscow and Beijing claim that ties are closer and warmer than at any time in history. In reality, however, the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lo, Bobo, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cooperation, ambiguity and tension
  • The burden of history
  • Strategic partnership: image and reality
  • The "yellow peril," engagement in the Russian far East
  • "Peaceful rise" and the shifting Sino-Russian balance
  • Cooperation and competition in Central Asia
  • East Asia-- arena of the great powers
  • The geopolitics of energy
  • The grand chessboard revisited-- Russia, China, and the United States
  • Conclusion, from "strategic partnership" to strategic tension.