SINO-RUSSIA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: AN OFFENSIVE REALISM PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This research paper discusses the idea of the "Strategic Partnership" regarding the close ties between China and Russia and evaluates the ramifications of this affinity for the West and the Western global world order. This article examines the degree of closeness between two Cold War rivalries and attempts to identify the aspects or causes that bring them together. In light of US unilateral policies, particularly in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its recurred intervention in the region across Asia and Eurasia, the article explains how Beijing and Moscow are embarking on a "strategic partnership" based on equality, confidence, and mutual coordination in the twenty-first century. Since Beijing and Moscow, both support multilateralism and question the US's unipolarity; therefore, this paper studies the partnership between them from an angle of offensive realism, whose central idea is to investigate why several great powers have pursued hegemony and why war between states occurs so frequently in the context of great power politics. Under offensive realism, states established relationships with one another by keeping their national interests first and foremost. This paper highlights the significance of understanding the economic, social, military, and trade relations between Moscow and Beijing, which are ultimately in the self-interest of each of them.