https://www.scmp.com/rss/514156/feed Velina Tchakarova is director at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria and peer board member of the Defence Horizon Journal. She is a lecturer at the Real World Risk Institute and a member of the Strategic and Security Policy Advisory Board of the Science Commission at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence. Velina holds an MA from Heidelberg University, Germany, and a BA from the University for World and National Economy, Bulgaria. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As a term describing relations between China and Russia, the “DragonBear” first emerged not as a strategic alliance or defence pact, but as an asymmetric temporary partnership that helps both countries navigate the muddy transitory waters of global affairs. The main calculus was to coordinate actions aimed at stabilising the two authoritarian regimes internally. Moreover, Beijing and Moscow saw this coordination as a way of creating a credible anti-American narrative and counterweight in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199524/there-more-come-china-russia-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3199524/there-more-come-china-russia-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:00:10 +0000