LEADER 03819nam a2200421Ii 4500001 SCSB-11730040 005 20180913114713.0 008 180102s2017 gw b 001 0 eng d 009 990152046250203941 016 7 1119343089 |2GyFmDB 020 9783847420453 |q(hd.bd.) 020 |z9783847410720 |q(online) 035 (OCoLC)965760845 040 NyNyMAR |beng |erda |cNyNyMAR 043 e-ru---a-cc--- 050 4 DK68.7.C5 |bL83 2017 090 DK68.7.C5 |bL83 2017 100 1 Lubina, Michał |eauthor. 245 10 Russia and China : |ba political marriage of convenience, stable and successful / |cMichał Lubina. 264 1 Opladen : |bBarbara Budrich Publisher, |c2017. 300 325 pages ; |c22 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 500 "This book is a continuation of my PhD dissertation ("Growing asymmetry. Sino-Russian relations in 1991-2011"), published in Polish with the title "Niedźwiedź w cieniu smoka" (The Bear Overshadowed by the Dragon)"--Preface. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index. 505 0 Theoretical introduction -- The domestic determinants of Russia's and China's policymaking -- "Democratization of international relations" : international roles of Russia and China -- Geopolitics and beyond : bilateral political relations 1991-2017 -- Pipelines and arms : economic and military relations -- China's appendix? The Russian Far East -- Central Asia : towards Sino-Russian condominium -- Asia-Pacific : overshadowed by China. 520 This book depicts the sophisticated relationship between Russia and China as a pragmatic one, a political "marriage of convenience." Yet at the same time the relationship is stable, and will remain so. After all, bilateral relations are usually based on pragmatic interests and the pursuit of these interests is the very essence of foreign policy. And, as often happens in life, the most long-lasting marriages are those based on convenience. The highly complex, complicated, ambiguous and yet, indeed, successful relationship between Russia and China throughout the past 25 years is difficult to grasp theoretically. Russian and Chinese elites are hard-core realists in their foreign policies, and the neorealist school in international relations seems to be the most adequate one to research Sino-Russian relations. Realistically, throughout this period China achieved a multidimensional advantage over Russia. Yet, simultaneously Russia-China relations do not follow the patterns of power politics. Beijing knows its limits and does not go into extremes. Rather, China successfully seeks to build a long-term, stable relationship based on Chinese terms, where both sides gain, albeit China gains a little more. Russia in this agenda does not necessarily lose; just gains a little less out of this symmetric deal. Thus, a new model of bilateral relations emerges, which may be called - by paraphrasing the slogan of Chinese diplomacy - as "asymmetric win-win" formula. This model is a kind of "back to the past" - a contemporary equivalent of the first model of Russia-china relations: the modus vivendi from the 17th century, achieved after the Nerchinsk treaty. 651 0 Russia (Federation) |xForeign relations |zChina 651 0 China |xForeign relations |zRussia (Federation) 651 0 Russia (Federation) |xForeign economic relations |zChina. 651 0 China |xForeign economic relations |zRussia (Federation) 700 1 Lubina, Michał. |tNiedźwiedź w cieniu smoka. 776 0 |z9783847410720 (online) 583 1 committed to retain |c20181001 |din perpetuity |fReCAP Shared Collection |5HUL |8222197396480003941 852 0 |cHD |hDK68.7.C5 |iL83 2017 |012547413 |bscsbhl 876 |01254741318328267 |h |jAvailable |kWID |p32044141033647 |xShared |zHW |lHD