A Cost-Benefit Analysis of China Providing Military Aid to Russia, Part 1

MIN READMar 9, 2023 | 19:14 GMT

A Chinese battle tank competes in an event held by the Russian military on Aug. 27, 2022, outside of Moscow, Russia.

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This column is the first in a two-part series examining China's potential cost-benefit analysis for providing military assistance to Russia for its war in Ukraine. In part one, we broadly lay out why Beijing may (or may not) decide to provide such support and the implications of each scenario....