Authors
François Godement, Pierre Pinhas, Adam Cathcart, Marcin Kaczmarski
- Pages
- 23
- Published in
- France
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction 1
- 2. Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 1
- 3. Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 1
- 4. Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 1
- Introduction 2
- François Godement 2
- Introduction 3
- Introduction 4
- Introduction 5
- Pierre Pinhas 6
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 6
- Khamenei remains the operator of Irans political pendulum . 7
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 7
- Irans security organs including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have been seriously infiltrated 8
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 8
- Tehran is not seen as a primary instigator of regional instability from Beijings point of view. 9
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 9
- Niu Xinchun calls the United States aversion to a large-scale war in the Middle East a weak spot that would allow Iran to seize the initiative in the next stage of confrontation. 10
- Iran is viewed both as a trigger and as a potential solution to the regions instability. 10
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 10
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 11
- Wang Yi pledged that China would support Iran in safeguarding its security against external forces and always be a trustworthy partner. 12
- Chinas Caution in Supporting Iran within a Volatile Middle East 12
- Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 13
- Adam Cathcart 13
- There is careful omission of discussion around North Korean agency in areas of sensitivity to Chinese foreign policy. 13
- Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 14
- Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 15
- The countrys long closure appears to be a source of malaise. 15
- North Koreas three-stage diplomatic style in which military deterrence serves as the background foreign policy as the means and economic improvement as the purpose. 15
- Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 16
- North Korea is not portrayed as the regions main problem quite the contrary. 16
- Chinese Perspectives on the North Korea-Russia Alliance Too Much of a Good Thing 17
- Zhang Wang advises Chinese readers and leaders not to align explicitly into a trilateral defense framework with North Korea and Russia. 17
- Russian and Chinese leaderships go to great lengths to emphasize that their cooperation is not directed against any third party. 18
- Marcin Kaczmarski 18
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 18
- History is among the main obstacles to Moscow and Beijing formalizing their cooperation in an alliance-like form. 19
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 19
- A geopolitical situation of Russia retreating and the West advancing . 20
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 20
- Moscows ties with Vietnam can be considered a sensitive topic for China scholars. 21
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 21
- Russia is trying to consolidate the wartime system without pursuing the old path of excessive militarization. 22
- The Yamal-LNG project is seen as the model for Sino-Russian energy cooperation directed at third country markets. 22
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 22
- Russia Chinas Most Important Non-Alliance 23