Strategic Purpose: China 'Protects Russia's Back'

In this episode of the ChinaPower Podcast, Witold Rodkiewicz joins us to discuss Russian elite assessments of the China‑Russia relationship at the strategic level, how they interpret China’s growing power and the emerging U.S.–China competition, and whether U.S. policy can still influence Moscow’s strategic trajectory.
Witold Rodkiewicz is a Senior Fellow in the Russian Department at the Centre for East European Studies.