CHARACTERISTICS OF RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGES IN INTERNATIONAL ORDER. THE MILITARY DIMENSION IN THE CONTEXT OF TRILATERALISM

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 the rise to power of Xi Jinping in China. So 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 ofthe two powers, in the official narrative referred to as 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. In this article, I focus on military cooperation, as well as the characteristics of the situation resulting from trilateralism, i.e. the structure created by theactions in the Moscow-Beijing-Washington triangle. Summary and forecasts will cover the whole issue, including geoeconomic and symbolic issues, described in the previous article.