CHARACTERISTICS OF RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF TRANSFORMATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER. SYMBOLIC AND GEOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS

Abstract

The period 2012-2014 is a real beginning to undermine the hegemony of the United States in international relations, which is associated with taking the presidency of Russia for the third term by Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping who served as president of China from 2013. We are in the middle of a global competition for the future of international order. The purpose of the article is to answer the questions: Is there an alliance between China and Russia? I verify the hypothesis that the relationship of the two powers, in the official narrative called the "comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era” can be called a counterhegemonic alliance. It requires the characterization of Chinese-Russian relations in the conditions of changing international order. It is about economic, symbolic, political and military issues that make up the multidimensional presentation of the issue in the form of two articles. The first discusses the theoretical and methodological foundations as well as the geoeconomic and symbolic dimension.