Russia and China-A Hollow Alliance

A Hollow Alliance Dev Murarka Though certain geopolitical pressures have forced Russia and China to come closer, the hullabaloo surrounding the renewed cycle of Sino- Russian brotherhood runs the risk of underestimating their strained bilateral relations in the recent past. Significantly, the euphoria shows Russia in poor light, struggling to maintain its erstwhile status of a world power when day by day its power and prestige is diminishing.