A Dangerous Dance: Evan Feigenbaum on China’s Role in Ukraine

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A Dangerous Dance: Evan Feigenbaum on China’s Role in Ukraine

Everyone presumes that China is the senior partner and Russia is the junior. That’s intuitive. But Beijing is now carrying a hell of a lot of freight for Moscow.

By Evan A. Feigenbaum

Published on Mar 2, 2022

The Octavian Report

About the Author

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Vice President for Studies

Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees work at its offices in Washington, New Delhi, and Singapore on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and advised two Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary on Asia.

Recent Work

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In Its Iran War Debate, Washington Has Lost the Plot in Asia
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Commentary
Beijing Doesn’t Think Like Washington—and the Iran Conflict Shows Why
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Economy East Asia China Eastern Europe Ukraine

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