Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256535 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 47/2018
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Russia's recent Vostok-2018 military exercises, in which China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) participated for the first time, were another milestone in the increasingly close defense relationship between the two countries. Only a few years ago, Russia used these and other exercises to prepare its forces for the possibility of war with China. Now, at a time of strain in both countries' relations with the West, China's par­ticipation is a sign of the value that both sides attach to their relationship. The two countries are not about to form a military alliance, but their growing defense coopera­tion is likely to have a significant impact on global politics in the coming years.
Document Type: 
Research Report

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