Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow Monday morning for his first visit to Russia since the country invaded Ukraine. He’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin several times over the span of his three-day visit. Beijing has called the state visit a peace mission and has neither formally supported nor directly condemned Russia’s war and aggression in Ukraine.
If you’re looking for more context on this matter, please consider Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs at the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Sutter’s government career saw service as senior specialist and director of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service, the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia and the Pacific at the U.S. Government’s National Intelligence Council, the China division director at the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
His areas of expertise include U.S.-China relations; China’s rise-domestic and international implications; Chinese foreign relations; Contemporary U.S. policy toward Asia and the Pacific; Political, security and economic development in Asia and the Pacific; and the History of China.
If you would like to speak with Prof. Sutter, please contact GW Media Relations Specialist Cate Douglass at [email protected].
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