Sino-Russian cooperation; an analysis from power transition theory

The liberal international order, known as the Western-based order or the order created by the United States, was established after World War II and strengthened by the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, the most important challenge that this order has faced in recent years is the growth of emerging powers such as China and Russia, which oppose Western domination, especially the United States, and seek opportunities to reform the international order. Compared to China, Russia takes a revisionist view of the structure of international order and poses more challenges. The main idea here is that although Russia alone is not able to confront the West and the United States, the support of other major powers, especially China, encourages Russia to challenge the liberal order. The main question of the research, then, is what factors motivate China to support Russia's challenges to the liberal order and hegemony of the United States? As a possible answer, this study argues that Russia's challenges are important to China in three ways: First, Russia's challenges protect China from confrontation with the United States and attention to Beijing's growth. Second, the vision offered by Russia does not contradict China's demands and in many cases serves its interests. And finally, the weakening of the Anglo-American core of the liberal order, which could weaken US hegemony, encourages China to cooperate with Russia. The research method in this study is descriptive-analytical