@article{1446356,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Yoder, Brandon K.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1446356},
      title = {The United States and contemporary China-Russia relations  : theoretical insights and implications /},
      abstract = {'In this book, distinguished specialists of international  politics and China-Russia relations offer multiple  theoretical perspectives and rich empirical research on the  international and domestic sources of Sino-Russian  cooperation and the likely trajectory of relations. The  volume's original scholarship explains the dynamics of this  critical twenty-first-century relationship and its impact  on great power politics and European and Asian security  affairs.' -Robert S. Ross, Professor of Political Science,  Boston College, and Associate of the Fairbank Center for  Chinese Studies, Harvard University, USA 'A much-needed  deep dive into the growing relationship between China and  Russia. Top experts leverage theoretical and empirical  expertise to explain what is driving Beijing and Moscow  together, and why it is important for national security and  global stability. A must-read for students, scholars and  practitioners alike.' -Oriana Skylar Mastro, Center Fellow,  Freemand Spogli Institute for International Studies,  Stanford University, USA China and Russia have grown  progressively closer over the last two decades, yielding a  China-Russia "axis" uniquely capable of challenging the  United States and of revising key aspects of the  international order. Although the scholarly literature has  offered detailed descriptions and various ad hoc  explanations of this trend, the Sino-Russian bilateral  relationship has been the subject of very little scrutiny  using rigorous theory, which has precluded the formation of  logically coherent and empirically supported explanations  for increasing China-Russia cooperation. Moreover, the  cooperative post-Cold War trend in the bilateral  relationship is puzzling for each of the major paradigms of  international relations theory: realism, constructivism and  liberalism. This volume brings together leading IR scholars  from various theoretical perspectives, as well as  theoretically-informed experts in Chinese and Russian  foreign policy. The chapters develop and apply nuanced  theoretical arguments to derive testable hypotheses for the  cooperative trend in China-Russia relations. In contrast to  existing scholarship, the book offers generalizable  insights that both improve our understanding of a crucially  important contemporary case, while also advancing IR theory  in substantial ways. Brandon Yoder is Lecturer (Assistant  Professor) in the School of Politics and International  Relations at the Australian National University, Canberra,  Australia.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93982-3},
      recid = {1446356},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
}