China-Russia relations in a framework of strategic containment

This article analyses Russian foreign policy in its Asian dimension, placing Russia’s relationship with China the broader framework of “Asia Pivot” strategy. The study concludes a cautious reading this relationship, anchored notion that, underneath layer greater closeness and intensified collaboration, lies double strategic containment, both regarding US West, between these two giants. For Russia, relevance political economic terms is evident clearly assumed, but fear imbalances resulting from substantive differences has held back number actions, while encouraging others logic much-needed refocusing rebalancing for Moscow.