Have China and Russia entered into a de facto anti-American alliance? Is Russia, which in Soviet days was for a time the “older brother” to Mao’s China, now comfortable with playing junior partner to Xi’s China? And has the United States, which in its opening to China demonstrated formidable acuity in managing the “strategic triangle,” now jettisoned that model and its logic? This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Ali Wyne, a senior analyst with Eurasia Group's Global Macro practice, to discuss the motivations, the capabilities, and the strategies of Beijing and Moscow in their dealings with Washington — and with each other.
3:54: What of the rules-based international order?
15:04: The relationship between China and Russia
27:35: Inflection points in the early 2000s
48:52: Strategies and tactics employed by China and Russia
Recommendations:
Ali: Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence, by Ryan Hass, and the documentary series Chasing Life, by Sanjay Gupta.
Kaiser: The audiobook for The Committed, written by Viet Thanh Nguyen and narrated by Francois Chau.
The one-child policy, plus the African community in Guangzhou
The extremes of Chinese media, plus Chinese internet humor
Zhao Liang and the South-North Water Diversion Project
Suicides, strikes, and labor unrest in China
Critical media, foreign and domestic
Mao's legacy and foreign self-censorship
Schoolyard violence with Chinese characterisitcs
Dimensions of China's soft power
Huang Guangyu trial and real estate dilemma
The eulogy and the aftershocks
China's gadflies and the mine miracle
Iran and the vaccination scandal
Google China and the Pullout
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