The Far East as an Obstacle to Russo-Chinese Relations

Territory and geography help to explain why the two neighbors can never seem to embrace each other.

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Ekaterina Zolotova
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2110
Russo-China ties have always been something of a MacGuffin in international affairs. Moscow and Beijing are neither bitter enemies nor close allies, so movement one way or the other in the status of the relationship tends to worry their neighbors as well as the United States, whose primacy could in theory be undermined by a […]

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Ekaterina Zolotova
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Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.

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