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The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored

Year 2011, Volume: 10 Issue: 2&3, 21 - 44, 01.04.2011

James Machaffie

Abstract

China is now a major power in the international system. One axiom of the realist theory on international politics is that states will acquire power to ensure their own position and security within the system. One effective way major, or Great Powers, have done this is through alliance building. Historically China has not had much success in cultivating long-standing alliances; however cooperation between it and its neighbor Russia have deepened. This paper, using structural and defensive realism as theoretical frameworks on how and why states form alliances, explores the potential for a sustainable Chinese-Russian military alliance.

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China Russia Shanghai Cooperation Organization alliances realism defensive realism. Collective Security Treaty Organization United States Great Power

Year 2011, Volume: 10 Issue: 2&3, 21 - 44, 01.04.2011

James Machaffie

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Publication Date April 1, 2011
Published in Issue Year 2011 Volume: 10 Issue: 2&3

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APA Machaffie, J. (2011). The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, 10(2&3), 21-44.
AMA Machaffie J. The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations. April 2011;10(2&3):21-44.
Chicago Machaffie, James. “The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored”. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 10, no. 2&3 (April 2011): 21-44.
EndNote Machaffie J (April 1, 2011) The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 10 2&3 21–44.
IEEE J. Machaffie, “The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored”, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, pp. 21–44, 2011.
ISNAD Machaffie, James. “The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored”. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations 10/2 & 3 (April 2011), 21-44.
JAMA Machaffie J. The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations. 2011;10:21–44.
MLA Machaffie, James. “The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored”. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, vol. 10, no. 2&3, 2011, pp. 21-44.
Vancouver Machaffie J. The Potential for a China-Russia Military Alliance Explored. Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations. 2011;10(2&3):21-44.