Russia’s Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Beijing this week to meet with China’s Xi Jinping and attend a forum marking 10 years of the Belt and Road Initiative, which is China’s global infrastructure program that has helped boost its influence worldwide, according to Politico. The visit is also expected to underscore China’s support for Russia during its war in Ukraine.
Robert Sutter is a 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 US 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 History of China. He can discuss coordinated China-Russia behavior, its robust development over the past decade to challenge and undermine the U.S. and its partners, and the overall extensive relationship between the two collaborating powers.
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