About Alexander Korolev

Alexander Korolev is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International relations in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Before joining UNSW, Alex was a Research Fellow in the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the National University Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2015-2018). His research interests include international relations theory and comparative politics with special reference to China and Russia, great power politics, and China-Russia-US relations. He is currently working on a research project which explores how small and middle powers can survive and secure their national interests amidst intensifying great power rivalry.

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A ‘No Limits’ Partnership? China-Russia Strategic Cooperation

Posted on 1 March 2023 by Alexander Korolev

On 4 February 2022, the opening day of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and only twenty days before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China and Russia declared a ‘no limits’ partnership that ‘surpasses an alliance.’ Given China’s and Russia’s geopolitical ambitions and boundaries, a tighter alignment between the two countries could significantly change the power structure … more