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""Acknowledgments""; ""Abstract""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Table of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Historical Background and Political Contextualization""; ""1.1. Hierarchy � Oppression, Alignment, Resistance""; ""1.1.1. Historical Antecedents""; ""1.1.2. Sino-Soviet Relations: Bolshevik Revolution, Honeymoon, Break Up""; ""1.2. Equality � Normalcy""; ""1.2.1. Normalization of Ties: From Brezhnev to Yeltsin""; ""1.2.2. “Strategic Partnership“ and Common Opposition to “US Unilateralism�""; ""1.2.3. The Era Putin (I): Intensification of Economic Relations""
""1.2.4. The Era Putin (II) � Medvedev: Georgian War, SCO-Leadership and Financial Crisis""""2. Energy Policy and Major Energy Projects from 1991 to 2011""; ""2.1. Setting the Stage: The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the End of Chinese Energy Autonomy""; ""2.2. The 1990s: Russia�s frustrated Eastern Dreams""; ""2.2.1. Oil and Gas: Buyer�s Market""; ""2.2.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Tentative Beginnings""; ""2.3. The 2000s: China�s Patience tested""; ""2.3.1. Oil and Gas: The Age of Oil""; ""2.3.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Enter China, (Re-)Enter Russia""
""2.4. The Financial Crisis and Current Developments: Sudden Solutions""""2.4.1. Oil and Gas: The Breakthrough""; ""2.4.2. Nuclear and Hydro Power: Awakening""; ""3. State of Research: Sino-Russian Relations Research post-1991""; ""3.1. Sino-Russian Relations: Politics over Economy""; ""3.2. Economic Interaction: Energy above all and ESPO over CA""; ""3.3. Regional Theatres: East Asia (incl RFE and Taiwan) over Central Asia""; ""4. Research Design � Theoretical Framework, Methodology and Hypotheses""; ""4.1. Roots of Realist Thought""
""4.1.1. Classical Realism: Hans J. Morgenthau and Power""""4.1.2. Neorealism: Kenneth M. Waltz and the Structure of the International System""; ""4.2. Neoclassical Realism: Systemic Pressures and Intervening Variables""; ""4.3. Perception Theory: Perceiving Elites and Forms of Perception""; ""4.4. Theoretical Model and Methodology for this study""; ""4.4.1. Theoretical Model � Neoclassical Realism and Perception Theory""; ""4.4.2. Methodology � Analysis of the Academic Discourse""; ""5. Empirical Research � Shifting Sands: Bulwark against the US or “Coming Replacement�""
""5.1. All Quiet on the Western Front: 1997-2001""""5.2. US Intrusion and Sino-Russian Defense: 2001-2008""; ""5.3. �Natural Relations� with CA and Chinese Confidence: The Financial Crisis and Beyond""; ""5.3.1. Sino-Russian (Energy) Relations: The Set-up (I)""; ""5.3.2. The PRC and the RF in CA: The Set-up (II)""; ""5.3.3. Encounters in the Steppe (I): Problems and Fears""; ""5.3.4. Encounters in the Steppe (II): Remedies and Expectations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Western Language Sources""; ""Chinese Language Sources""
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China's rapid political and economic advances in Central Asia and Russia : hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 16, 2013
