China-Russia combo ‘powerful threat to West’-Australian think tank

Russia and China announced a no-limits partnership in 2022, just weeks before Moscow’s military rolled into Ukraine. Since then, Russia has maintained solid economic ties with China, which have helped Moscow stave off the impact of Western sanctions on its economy through the last four years of war. The report highlights that Russia sees the partnership with Beijing as a part of its desire to “maintain global great-power standing” despite a fall in material wealth, while for China, it is an opportunity to gain a military advantage through closer cooperation with Moscow. The report said that while China is the…