If you had to identify one factor that has kept Russia’s economy and war machine afloat since February 2022 in the face of massive Western sanctions, that factor would be Moscow’s so-called “no limits” partnership with China.
Beijing has been the top purchaser of Russian hydrocarbons. China has also provided Russia substantial economic, military, and technological assistance, effectively enabling and helping arm Moscow’s war machine.
On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Joseph Webster, a Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative for a deep dive into the Sino-Russian relationship, its contours, as well as its limitations and potential pitfalls.
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Joseph Webster’s Substack newsletter, The China-Russia Report, can be accessed here. His recently published work can be accessed here, here, and here.
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