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China 360° pulls expertise from across CFR to understand China’s global activities and how countries respond.

President of China Xi Jinping looks on at the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 24, 2023

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No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy

China and Russia’s quasi-alliance endangers U.S. national interests. Its management will prove a generational task for American policymakers—but there are grounds for optimism, argue CFR Senior Fellow Robert Blackwill and Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine.

by Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on February 4, 2022. (Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters) Report

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  • The China-Russia Relationship and Its Global Implications

    The relationship between Russia and the People’s Republic of China continues to dominate headlines, news stories, and conversations in the American foreign policy community. Analysts continue to discuss the quality and depth of the relationship, how it’s perceived around the world, and what, if anything, the United States can do about it. The CFR China Strategy Initiative is pleased to invite members to the inaugural meeting of its China 360 program: a two-part event on China-Russia Relations. Robert D. Blackwill and Richard Fontaine, in a keynote session, discuss their new Council Special Report, No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy. Following their insights, CFR experts discuss the view and implications of Beijing and Moscow’s relationship for the rest of the world.

    Virtual Event with Elliott Abrams, Robert D. Blackwill, Liana Fix, Richard H. Fontaine Jr., Michelle Gavin, Shannon K. O'Neil, Rush Doshi and Bay Fang, January 8, 2025

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the gala event celebrating 75th anniversary of China-Russia relations in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Sputnik/Alexander Ryumin/Pool via REUTERS

  • Virtual Roundtable: Chinese Global Environmentalism

    Alex L. Wang, professor of law at the UCLA School of Law, and Jerome A. Cohen, adjunct senior fellow for Asia Studies at CFR, discuss the story of China’s embrace of green development on the global stage.

    Virtual Event with Alex Wang and Jerome A. Cohen, February 10, 2025 

    Cordyceps pickers scan the ground in search of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a fungus believed to possess aphrodisiac and medicinal powers, in the Amne Machin range in China's western Qinghai province, June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

  • Academic Webinar: China-Russia Relations

    Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at CFR, and Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg fellow for China studies at CFR, lead the conversation on China-Russia relations.

    Virtual Event with Thomas Graham, Zongyuan Zoe Liu and Irina A. Faskianos,  January 31, 2024

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, October 18, 2023. Sputnik/Sergei Guneev/Pool via REUTERS

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