EN Main navigation CENTER PUBLICATIONS PODCASTS VIDEO CONTACT Home Publications OSW REPORT 2021-11-15 Beijing – Moscow axis Foundations of an asymmetric alliance Michał Bogusz Jakub Jakóbowski Witold Rodkiewicz The entire study in PDF format 1.82 MB The entire study in EPUB format 7.2 MB The asymmetric alliance between Russia and China is the result of a long and unevenly pace-building process of building mutual relations that began shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It resulted from the need to regulate bilateral contacts (including the resolution of border disputes, establishing spheres of influence in the common neighborhood), global strategic challenges and, above all, a sense of a structural conflict with the United States. The Beijing-Moscow axis is, however, not only an alliance of two states, but especially an alliance of two authoritarian regimes that define the raison d'état in terms of maximizing their chances of survival and therefore seek to revise the current world order. Both the Kremlin and Zhongnanhaisee in the international environment the main source of threats to the political stability of their governments. Therefore, they share a common interest in shaping such a global order that would create the most favorable conditions for their further existence. The fear of the West and its ideological influence on their own societies is also a solid glue of their alliance. From the point of view of the Russian and Chinese elites, the existential threat is therefore not the specific policy of the US or the European Union, but the very existence of a democratic alternative to the authoritarian system of government. MORE ON THIS The weak power of Siberia: commissioning of the first gas pipeline from Russia to China China's younger partner Russia's policy towards the Korean problem The Russian "turn to the East"? Kaliningrad is getting stronger and stronger on the Railway Silk Road Wschodnie Forum Ekonomiczne we Władywostoku. W cieniu współpracy rosyjsko-chińskiej NAJCZĘŚCIEJ CZYTANE tydzień miesiąc Niemiecka umowa koalicyjna – plan modernizacji państwa W jedności siła. Węgierska opozycja z szansami na zwycięstwo w 2022 roku Wsparcie wojskowe Wielkiej Brytanii dla Ukrainy Ukraiński dylemat Rosji: strategia Moskwy wobec Kijowa Rosyjska aktywność wojskowa wokół Ukrainy – próba rekonstrukcji narracji DO WYSŁUCHANIA W SERWISIE SPOTIFY Stronicowanie Następna strona starsze DO OBEJRZENIA W SERWISIE YOUTUBE Stronicowanie Następna strona starsze NEWSLETTER OSW subskrybuj Polityka prywatności | Deklaracja dostępności Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia ul. Koszykowa 6a, 00-564 Warszawa, tel.: (+48) 22 525 80 00, faks: (+48) 22 525 80 40 e-mail: info@osw.waw.pl © OSW | Center for Eastern Studies Karp brand The website uses cookies to provide better access to the content offered, as well as for statistical purposes. By clicking on any link on this page, you consent to the use and storage of cookies. I agree