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Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in China

  • Written by Alexey D Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies, Curtin University
Why Vladimir Putin is so confident in his Ukraine strategy – he has a trump card in ChinaAlexei Druzhinin/AP

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be remembered not just for China’s efforts to impress the world amid criticisms of its human rights record. The games were also held against the backdrop of the most dramatic escalation of strategic tensions between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War.

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