While the exercise only involved two subs, the warning was clear: America should contemplate the prospect of confronting a China-Russia alliance.

Enter the pipeline bluff. By entertaining massive Russian supplies, China gains negotiating leverage in parallel talks with U.S., Qatari, and other LNG suppliers. The optics of a potential 100 bcm per year pipeline cushion China’s bargaining position—even if, in practice, Beijing prefers diversification and optionality.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at an regional summit in China Monday, having hailed their new—and growing—alliances.

Despite claiming to have a ‘no-limits’ partnership, China and Russia maintain a pragmatic and conditional alliance. Driven by shared strategic interests, in particular opposition to US influence, their partnership is utilitarian — China secures energy and global leverage,

The China-Russia military alliance is the single biggest danger the U.S. military has ever faced. However, Xi’s plan for world domination is showing some fault lines.

Xi, Putin, Modi hug it out, Trump to announce something, V-J Day marked in grand China parade and small ceremony in DC, 'loser' general to be hung at West Point.

EU's foreign policy chief warned that the first public gathering of CRINK leaders signals a challenge to the rules-based international order.

China is willing to stand with non-Western partners firmly, but remains determined to avoid Cold War-style alliances.

Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin have today sent a powerful message to the world as they stood side by side, watching a grand military parade in Tiananmen Square.