Niemcy wobec międzynarodowych implikacji zacieśniania współpracy Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej z Federacją Rosyjską w drugiej dekadzie w XXI wieku
Germany towards international implications of tightening relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation in the second decade of the 21st century

Summary/Abstract: The article raises the topic of analysis Germany’s stance towards international implications of tightening relations between China and Russian in the second decade of the 21st century. It consists of three parts. – China and Russia as Germany’s partners; – Germany vis-à-vis tightening of relations of Russia and China; – China’s and Russia’s role in transformation of international system in the context of German strategic interests and goals. The principal thesis of the article is as follows: Germany as the leading EU member state with global interests engaged in very developed cooperation with China and Russia which as authoritarian states act to transform neoliberal world order with the United States at the helm in multilateral system. Both countries through tightening of bilateral political-military as well as trade and economic cooperation head for augmentation of their international significance as well as weakening of the role and position of the United States. Important strategies for long-term development of both states are: China – New Silk Road (2013), Russia – Eurasian Union (2015). The progressing process of the shift in international distribution of power is accompanied by a rash of threats, tensions, conflicts and other challenges on global, regional and local scale. The serious challenge for the West is the policy of the new U.S. presidential administration of Donald Trump, who since 2017 prefers realization the U.S. interests (America first policy) both vis-à-vis to China and Russia, and toward the U.S. transatlantic partners and allies in the EU and NATO. It leads to accumulation of substantial political and economic controversies between Germany and the U.S.

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