Evaluating China-Russia Relations Nine Months After the Invasion of Ukraine

Russia's invasion of Ukraine beginning February 24th, 2022 had wide-ranging ramifications for global politics. In this talk, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova will focus on the relationship between China and Russia in the aftermath of the invasion. She will reflect on continuation and changes as well as underlying motivations driving the relationship. Plenty of time will be left for Q&A, which will be moderated by Alexander Dukalskis, Director of the UCD Centre for Asia-Pacific Research.

***Zoom information for the event will be emailed to registered attendees the morning of December 5th.***

Dr Bērziņa-Čerenkova is Head of the Political Science PhD programme and China Studies Centre at Riga Stradins University, Head of the Asia Programme at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, a member of CHERN and European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC). She has held fellowships at King's College London, Fudan University, and Stanford University. She is the author of Perfect Imbalance: China and Russia, published by World Scientific in 2022.