Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought serious complications to the Russia-China bilateral partnerships. Relations between the two powers had been improving in recent years as each nation inexorably evolved toward greater authoritarianism. Have the recent severe Russian setbacks in Ukraine, coupled with Russia’s falling international reputation, caused China to reassess how closely it wishes to be associated with Russia?
What lies in the future for these two proud nations?
No one is better qualified to examine the future of this bilateral relationship than our speaker.
From 2013 to 2017, Hass served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council (NSC) staff. In that role, he advised President Obama and senior White House officials on all aspects of U.S. policy toward China, Taiwan, and Mongolia, and coordinated the implementation of U.S. policy toward these regions among U.S. government departments and agencies. He joined President Obama’s state visit delegations in Beijing and Washington respectively in 2014 and 2015, and the president’s delegation to Hangzhou, China, for the G-20 in 2016, and to Lima, Peru, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meetings in 2016.
Hass is the author of “Stronger: Adapting America’s China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence” (Yale University Press, 2021. He also leads the Democracy in Asia project at the Brookings Institution.