THE 1999 NATO BOMBING CAMPAIGN AND THE 21ST CENTURY STRATEGIC ALLIANCE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA
THE 1999 NATO BOMBING CAMPAIGN AND THE 21ST CENTURY STRATEGIC ALLIANCE BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA

Author(s): Beatriz Bissio
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, International Law, Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: Kosovo; United Nations; sovereignty; NATO; China-Russia strategic alliance; military cooperation
Summary/Abstract: In the 21st century, the formation of a multipolar world is apparent, with Russia and China as key players.The cooperation between Russia and China has been strengthening year by year: bilateral trade in the expansion, major agreements signed in the strategic areas of energy and security, joint military exercises. One turning point was the joint declaration “World Order in the 21st Century”, signed in Moscow in July 2005, during the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The cited declaration warned of Moscow and Beijing rejection at any attempt of intervention by “foreign forces” in their regions and opposed any endeavor to impose “political and social models of development” coming from outside. It is not difficult to see that, besides defining a new level of the relations between China and Russia, the intention was to respond to the US-led interventions which started with the 1999 NATO bombing campaignin the former Yugoslavia and increased after the 9/11 attack in 2001. The chapter will analyze the intensification of cooperation between China and Russia, in particular, and the role of the two countries in the promotion of other initiatives – like BRICS, the “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR), also known as the New Silk Road; the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), called the “NATO of the East” in Western media outlets, etc. – in the context of a geopolitical reply to the 1999 military campaign and its consequences for global security.

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