CHINA & RUSSIA: Four Centuries of Conflict & Concord, by Philip Snow (Yale University Press, $60 hb)
Despite all the global changes of the past 30 years, there has been one constant: the relationship between Russia and China. In 1992, they declared themselves “friends”. In 1994, the relationship was upgraded to a “constructive partnership”; two years later, it was “a strategic partnership” and by 2016, it had become a “comprehensive strategic partnership”. They are now the Leaders
