Dave Majumdar, National Interest: Is America's Greatest Fear Coming True? Is a Russia-China Alliance Forming?
Russia and China are drawing closer together as Washington ratchets up pressure on Moscow and Beijing.
In recent months, the United States has enacted sanctions against Moscow and has imposed a series of trade tariffs on Beijing, antagonizing both great powers simultaneously. As result of American pressure, the two powers—which already had grievances against Washington—have formed a strategic partnership to balance against the U.S-led liberal hegemony.
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WNU Editor: Russia has been isolated by Europe and the U.S. .... China has disputes with its neighbors and with the U.S.. This partnership is an attempt to not only project a unified response to these international pressures, but to also placate concerns internally that everything is OK. But in the long term, the strategic interests of both Russia and China are diverging. Russia's future both culturally and politically is with Europe, and China's focus is on Asia.
