Philip Snow for PS Longer Reads: China and Russia's Long Dance

Philip Snow assesses the origins of and prospects for today's Sino-Russian relations from a deeper historical perspective. [View this message in a web browser]( [PS On Point]( APRIL 28, 2023 Boisterously optimistic rhetoric from Russian and Chinese leaders about their close ties may not provide a realistic view of the long-term future of Sino-Russian relations. To understand why, we must revisit their long history of sharing the Eurasian landmass, writes Philip Snow, the author of China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord. [Read more](. [PS Longer Reads: China and Russia's Long Dance]( [China and Russia's Long Dance]( By Philip Snow The long history of Sino-Russian relations since the 1600s suggests that bilateral ties can flourish only with there is a semblance of military, political, and economic balance between the two sides. With China's star rising while Russia sinks into a quagmire of its own making, the writing may be on the wall. [Read more]( [PS. Save 25% on a new subscription.]( [PS Say More: Harold James on the Ukraine war, inflation, globalization, and more]( [Harold James on the Ukraine war, inflation, globalization, and more]( Harold James argues that post-conflict stabilization in Ukraine must account for the entire region, considers where policymakers went wrong in responding to recent price surges, explains why growth remains the best means of managing debt risk, and more. James is Professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and the author, most recently, of [Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization](. [Read more]( [PS Longer Reads: The Bank of Japan's Remarkable Decade]( [The Bank of Japan's Remarkable Decade]( By Takatoshi Ito With the departure this month of the Bank of Japan’s longest-serving governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, the BOJ has entered a new era. Thanks to Kuroda’s successes in defeating deflation and restoring economic activity, there is now light at the end of the tunnel for Japan’s chronically underperforming economy. [Read more]( [PS. Subscribe to PS Premium to receive your copy of PS Quarterly: Paradigm Shifts]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. Receipt of this newsletter does not guarantee rights to re-publish any of its content. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.