1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910481363603321

Autore

Schottus Franciscus <1548-1622.>

Titolo

Itinerario o vero noua descrittione de' viaggi principali d'Italia nella quale si ha piena notitia di tutte le cose più notabili, & degne d'esser vedute. Di Francesco Scoto, et aggiuntoui in quest'vltima impressione l'origine delle città, & molte antichità di Roma [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Padua, : [s.n.], 1672

Descrizione fisica

Online resource (552 P., 8°.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958189903321

Autore

Lo Bobo <1959->

Titolo

Axis of convenience : Moscow, Beijing, and the new geopolitics / / Bobo Lo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8157-4432-3

1-282-13150-8

9786612131509

0-8157-0146-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

327.47051

Soggetti

Geopolitics - Russia (Federation)

Geopolitics - China

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations China

China Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Cooperation, Ambiguity, and Tension; Chapter 2: The Burden of History; Chapter 3: Strategic Partnership--Image and Reality; Chapter 4: The ""Yellow Peril""--Engagement in the Russian Far East; Chapter 5: ""Peaceful Rise"" and the Shifting Sino-Russian Balance; Chapter 6: Cooperation and Competition in Central Asia; Chapter 7: East Asia--Arena of the Great Powers; Chapter 8: The Geopolitics of Energy; Chapter 9: The Grand Chessboard Revisited--Russia, China, and the United States

Chapter 10: Conclusion--From ""Strategic Partnership"" to Strategic TensionNotes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the "strategic partnership" between Russia and China. Official rhetoric portrays it as the very model of international cooperation: Moscow and Beijing claim that ties are closer and warmer than at any time in history. In reality, however, the picture is highly ambiguous. While both sides are committed to multifaceted engagement, cooperation is complicated by historical suspicions, cultural prejudices, geopolitical rivalries, and competing priorities. For Russia, China is at once the focus of a genuine convergence of interests and the greatest