A Wary Embrace: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special

Download or read book A Wary Embrace: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special written by Bobo Lo and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?With Western countries consumed by domestic problems, will it be China and Russia that now define the rules of global politics? In a disorderly world, each has become increasingly assertive, and their partnership has emerged from relative obscurity to acquire a new prominence. Yet appearances are deceptive. Beijing and Moscow have shown no capacity to cooperate on grand strategy or establish new international norms. This is no authoritarian alliance, but a partnership of strategic convenience – pragmatic, calculating and constrained.