Domestic Politics as the Driver and the Limitation to Statecraft
Journal: Asia policy
Year: 2021

Domestic Politics as the Driver and the Limitation to Statecraft Marcin Kaczmarski (bio) Russia and China have been "fellow travelers" in the emerging post-U.S. global order. The worldviews of their ruling elites have grown closer over the last decade, fueled by the processes of power centralization. Regime survival remains the top concern in both the Kremlin and the Zhongnanhai. Russia's and China's actions often mirror each other, creating the impression of coordination, as in the case of mili