Andrew Stokols
astoks.bsky.social
Andrew Stokols
@astoks.bsky.social
Digital urban futures, politics of infrastructure China/SE Asia. Phd, postdoc at @MITDusp fmr @FulbrightPrgrm @cal+ @HarvardGSD lived in PEK, ICN, XIY, SIN, BOS, BKK. 实事求是
but the more likely objective for Putin's Russia is opening up commercial opportunities for U.S. without giving anything away in the relationship with China--i.e. balancing like many other countries are doing.
March 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
however, this could change, if
1. China's influence over Russia grows to a degree that Russian elites feel uncomfortable with and wish to balance
2. China asks for territorial or resource concessions in the Russian Far East, or tries to annex parts of Siberia
March 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM