Putin and Xi: Beijing Belt and Road meeting highlighted Russia’s role as China’s junior partner

By Marcin Kaczmarski, Lecturer in Security Studies, University of Glasgow
Natasha Kuhrt, Senior Lecturer in International Peace & Security, King's College London

The third Belt and Road Forum held in Beijing recently attracted fewer heads of state or senior officials than the previous forums in 2017 and 2019. There were 11 European presidents and prime ministers at the 2019 forum. But last week’s forum attracted only three.

This is understandable, given that the two-day meeting took place against the backdrop of high tension…

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