Xi, Putin, and the irony of Biden’s war on autocracies
Cooperation between Russia and China is conceptually — and historically — shallow. So why are we working to make it deeper?
Adam Pontius is a writer on international politics based in New York. His writing and research focuses on international security and transatlantic politics.
Previously, Adam worked as a graduate research assistant for the Eurasia Group Foundation (EGF) in support of the Independent America project. Prior to EGF, Adam worked as a political consultant and an advocate for democratic reform for seven years. He holds an M.A. degree in International Relations from Central European University where he wrote his thesis on ontological security and Woodow Wilson’s foreign policy. Adam is an alumnus of the Bard Globalization and International Affairs program and holds B.A. in political science from Elmira College.
Cooperation between Russia and China is conceptually — and historically — shallow. So why are we working to make it deeper?
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