Alexander Korolev
Biographic Data
| ID | 733043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Korolev |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Korolev |
| SIGNATURE | KOROLEV A |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2794-8187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Not Just Another Cold War: The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry
Strategic Minilateralism and the Regional Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific: The Quad, Aukus, and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue
Comparing China–Russia and US–India Strategic Alignments: The Stadial Model of Alignment Formation (SMAF) Framework
Amid intensifying great power rivalry, China–Russia and US–India strategic alignments have moved to the forefront of international politics. However, experts have struggled to define these two relationships. There has been little effort to provide a systematic, theory-grounded assessment of the two alignments, and almost no attempts to methodically compare them, leaving the understanding of global power dynamics incomplete. This article fills thi…
Sovietology in Post-Mao China: Aspects of Foreign Relations, Politics, and Nationality, 1980–1999
Australian Alternative Media and Its Impact on Australians’ Views of China
The stadial model of alignment formation (SMAF): Conceptualising strategic alignments between states
Despite being ubiquitously used, the concept of alignment remains inchoate. Existing literature offers more than 30 interpretations of the term and very few attempts to develop an objective indicators-based metric of alignment. This state of the field makes assessments of the degree to which states are aligned problematic. This article systematises the theoretical knowledge about alliances, alignments, strategic partnerships, and other forms of c…
China’s Strategic Opportunity: Change and Revisionism in Chinese Foreign Policy
Transition from hedging to balancing in Australia’s China policy: Theoretical and empirical explorations
China-Russia Strategic Alignment in International Politics
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The Struggle for Certainty: Ontological Security, the Rise of Nationalism, and Australia-China Tensions after Covid-19
Thomas S. Wilkins. 2019. Security in Asia Pacific: The Dynamics of Alignment
Asean as a zone of the USA - China conflict of interests
The conflict of interests of the USA and China in the Southeast Asia was initially instigated by the creation of a “security void” in the region after the end of the Cold War. Today the states’ political claims do not seem to be limited, provoking on the contrary, new edition of rivalry and setting new agenda for further clashes. In a situation of confrontation between the two powers, such regional players as ASEAN are, on the one hand, forced to…
Specificity and problems of economic integration within Aceah
The paper analyses the specificity of economic integration in Southeast Asia at the example of ASEAN. It singles out the main stages for the development of integration «in depth», such as Preferential Trade area (PTA), Free Trade area (FTA), Economic Community of ASEAN and other regional initiatives which focus on increase competitiveness of Association. A significant role in the study is assigned to the effectiveness of integration processes. De…
Is there a U.S.–China–India triangle? – Beijing’s official views
This research examines China’s official perspectives on, and interpretation of, U.S.-China-India relations by surveying official, quasi-official, and some most relevant scholarly publications. China’s official line has always emphasized the bilateral nature of the relationship between China and India fending off any third-party interference, including that from the United States. Neither Chinese leaders nor the regime’s official media outlets wou…
Shrinking room for hedging: System-unit dynamics and behavior of smaller powers
This article advances the understanding of ‘hedging’ in international politics by highlighting and examining the limits to smaller powers’ hedging behavior. Building on the line of reasoning that hedging is an outcome of regional or state-level, rather than system-level, variables, the article suggests that the room for hedging available to smaller states shrinks as great powers become more competitive and attempt to balance against one another. …
How closely aligned are China and Russia? Measuring strategic cooperation in IR
Russia’s high-profile “turn to the East,” the deterioration of Russia–US relations after the Ukraine crisis, and China’s “new assertiveness” in the South and East China Seas have led to the perception that China and Russia are now “aligned” in opposition to US-led unipolarity. However, alignment remains an inchoate term that has not been systematically defined in the international relations literature. Thus, it is difficult to assess the degree t…
Michał Lubina, Russia and China: A Political Marriage of Convenience – Stable and Successful
Reluctant allies: System-unit dynamics and China-Russia relations
This article attempts to advance the neoclassical realist framework by elaborating on the interaction between system-level and unit-level factors in the formation of states' behavior. With an empirical focus on post-Cold War China-Russia relations, which represent the ambivalent combination of a consistently growing strategic entente and a simultaneous reluctance to form a full-fledged political-military alliance, this study establishes two major…
China-Russia Relations in Times of Crisis: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation
Although not formal allies, China and Russia have steadily increased their strategic cooperation. However, crises and tensions in each other’s areas of strategic interest continue to complicate each country’s relations with the other and the rest of the international community. In this article we explore China’s reaction toward major crises in the post-Soviet space (the Caucasus crisis of 2008 and the Ukraine crisis of 2014) and Russia’s response…
Beyond the Nominal and the Ad Hoc: The Substance and Drivers of China-Russia Military Cooperation
Post-Cold War China-Russia relations have always been a matter of debate. Since the end of the Cold War, the China-Russia strategic cooperation has progressed consistently, showing immunity to exogenous shocks. This paper explores the international-systemic incentives for the China-Russia alignment and examines the actual mechanisms of the China-Russia military cooperation to identify the foundations for a military alliance. The paper argues that…
Russia in the South China Sea: Balancing and Hedging1
Although on the surface Russia remains distant and disengaged from the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, its comprehensive strategic partnership relations and large-scale arms deals with China and Vietnam—Russia's closest Asian allies but also major rival parties to the dispute—reveal that Moscow has strategic interests and goals that affect, directly or indirectly, the evolution of the dispute. Russia's ambivalent stance toward the dispute in the f…
On the Verge of an Alliance: Contemporary China-Russia Military Cooperation
The deterioration of Russia-US relations as a consequence of the Ukraine crisis and growing tensions in US-China relations have given rise to the perception that China–-Russia relations are an actual or incipient alliance. However, the alliance elements in China-Russia relations have never been systematically defined and empirically assessed, which makes assessing alliance dynamics in these important bilateral relations difficult. This article de…
Theories of Non-Balancing and Russia’s Foreign Policy
The beginning of the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of balancing responses to the US hegemony, among which Russia’s foreign policies stand out as corresponding to what is understood as ‘hard balancing.’ Why is the United States being balanced against? This paper categorizes the existing theories of non-balancing into six conditions that together guarantee the absence of balancing and demonstrates that the current unipolar system…
Reenergizing the Russia‐Asean Relationship: The Eurasian Opportunity
While Russia’s policy in Southeast Asia (SEA) encounters serious deficiencies, in 2016, plans to raise the Russia‐ASEAN relationship to the level of strategic partnership were announced at the top level. The puzzle is how cooperation between Russia and ASEAN in Eurasia can lay the foundation for their strategic partnership. The article gives insights into Russia’s policy in SEA through the prism of ASEAN prospective plans, traces the increase in …
Shrinking room for hedging: System-unit dynamics and behavior of smaller powers
This article advances the understanding of ‘hedging’ in international politics by highlighting and examining the limits to smaller powers’ hedging behavior. Building on the line of reasoning that hedging is an outcome of regional or state-level, rather than system-level, variables, the article suggests that the room for hedging available to smaller states shrinks as great powers become more competitive and attempt to balance against one another. …
Systemic Balancing and Regional Hedging: China–Russia Relations
There have been noticeable attempts in recent International Relations scholarship to introduce the concept of 'hedging' as an alternative to 'balancing' and 'bandwagoning'. This article argues that to be useful in the analysis of great power politics hedging should not be understood as an alternative to balancing or bandwagoning, but as a phenomenon of a different order. In contrast to balancing or bandwagoning, which describe great powers' behav…
The Struggle for Certainty: Ontological Security, the Rise of Nationalism, and Australia-China Tensions after Covid-19
On the Verge of an Alliance: Contemporary China-Russia Military Cooperation
The deterioration of Russia-US relations as a consequence of the Ukraine crisis and growing tensions in US-China relations have given rise to the perception that China–-Russia relations are an actual or incipient alliance. However, the alliance elements in China-Russia relations have never been systematically defined and empirically assessed, which makes assessing alliance dynamics in these important bilateral relations difficult. This article de…
How closely aligned are China and Russia? Measuring strategic cooperation in IR
Russia’s high-profile “turn to the East,” the deterioration of Russia–US relations after the Ukraine crisis, and China’s “new assertiveness” in the South and East China Seas have led to the perception that China and Russia are now “aligned” in opposition to US-led unipolarity. However, alignment remains an inchoate term that has not been systematically defined in the international relations literature. Thus, it is difficult to assess the degree t…
Needs/Wants Dichotomy and Regime Responsiveness
One of the central claims of democratic theory is that the institutional features of democracy systematically cause government to respond to the people's needs. In fact, however, democracy might logically be expected to be especially responsive only to the people's desires, not their needs. Responses to people's objective needs can be substantially different from responses to their subjective desires. Democratic institutions therefore cannot guar…
Deliberative Democracy Nationwide?—Evaluating Deliberativeness of Healthcare Reform in China
Russia in the South China Sea: Balancing and Hedging1
Although on the surface Russia remains distant and disengaged from the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, its comprehensive strategic partnership relations and large-scale arms deals with China and Vietnam—Russia's closest Asian allies but also major rival parties to the dispute—reveal that Moscow has strategic interests and goals that affect, directly or indirectly, the evolution of the dispute. Russia's ambivalent stance toward the dispute in the f…
Russia's Reorientation to Asia: Causes and Strategic Implications
This research applies a neoclassical realist framework to explore the causes and consequences of Russia's recent "reorientation to Asia." Based on an analysis of publications and fieldwork conducted in Russia, the paper examines both the international systemic and the Russian domestic factors that have contributed to this important change in Russia's foreign policy. At the system level, Russia's turn to Asia can be understood as a part of its lon…
Is there a U.S.–China–India triangle? – Beijing’s official views
This research examines China’s official perspectives on, and interpretation of, U.S.-China-India relations by surveying official, quasi-official, and some most relevant scholarly publications. China’s official line has always emphasized the bilateral nature of the relationship between China and India fending off any third-party interference, including that from the United States. Neither Chinese leaders nor the regime’s official media outlets wou…
Reluctant allies: System-unit dynamics and China-Russia relations
This article attempts to advance the neoclassical realist framework by elaborating on the interaction between system-level and unit-level factors in the formation of states' behavior. With an empirical focus on post-Cold War China-Russia relations, which represent the ambivalent combination of a consistently growing strategic entente and a simultaneous reluctance to form a full-fledged political-military alliance, this study establishes two major…
Theories of Non-Balancing and Russia’s Foreign Policy
The beginning of the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of balancing responses to the US hegemony, among which Russia’s foreign policies stand out as corresponding to what is understood as ‘hard balancing.’ Why is the United States being balanced against? This paper categorizes the existing theories of non-balancing into six conditions that together guarantee the absence of balancing and demonstrates that the current unipolar system…
Reenergizing the Russia‐Asean Relationship: The Eurasian Opportunity
While Russia’s policy in Southeast Asia (SEA) encounters serious deficiencies, in 2016, plans to raise the Russia‐ASEAN relationship to the level of strategic partnership were announced at the top level. The puzzle is how cooperation between Russia and ASEAN in Eurasia can lay the foundation for their strategic partnership. The article gives insights into Russia’s policy in SEA through the prism of ASEAN prospective plans, traces the increase in …
Regime Responsiveness to Basic Needs: A Dimensional Approach
Deliberative Democracy Nationwide?—Evaluating Deliberativeness of Healthcare Reform in China
International Cooperation in the Development of Russia’s Far East and Siberia
Russia's new 'pivot to Asia' increases the global significance of Russia's Siberia and Far East. The contributors - recognized experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and Singapore - an
Needs/Wants Dichotomy and Regime Responsiveness
One of the central claims of democratic theory is that the institutional features of democracy systematically cause government to respond to the people's needs. In fact, however, democracy might logically be expected to be especially responsive only to the people's desires, not their needs. Responses to people's objective needs can be substantially different from responses to their subjective desires. Democratic institutions therefore cannot guar…
Systemic Balancing and Regional Hedging: China–Russia Relations
There have been noticeable attempts in recent International Relations scholarship to introduce the concept of 'hedging' as an alternative to 'balancing' and 'bandwagoning'. This article argues that to be useful in the analysis of great power politics hedging should not be understood as an alternative to balancing or bandwagoning, but as a phenomenon of a different order. In contrast to balancing or bandwagoning, which describe great powers' behav…
Regime Responsiveness to Basic Needs: A Dimensional Approach
Russia's Reorientation to Asia: Causes and Strategic Implications
This research applies a neoclassical realist framework to explore the causes and consequences of Russia's recent "reorientation to Asia." Based on an analysis of publications and fieldwork conducted in Russia, the paper examines both the international systemic and the Russian domestic factors that have contributed to this important change in Russia's foreign policy. At the system level, Russia's turn to Asia can be understood as a part of its lon…
The Political Economy of Pacific Russia: Regional Developments in East Asia
China-Russia Relations in Times of Crisis: A Neoclassical Realist Explanation
Although not formal allies, China and Russia have steadily increased their strategic cooperation. However, crises and tensions in each other’s areas of strategic interest continue to complicate each country’s relations with the other and the rest of the international community. In this article we explore China’s reaction toward major crises in the post-Soviet space (the Caucasus crisis of 2008 and the Ukraine crisis of 2014) and Russia’s response…
Beyond the Nominal and the Ad Hoc: The Substance and Drivers of China-Russia Military Cooperation
Post-Cold War China-Russia relations have always been a matter of debate. Since the end of the Cold War, the China-Russia strategic cooperation has progressed consistently, showing immunity to exogenous shocks. This paper explores the international-systemic incentives for the China-Russia alignment and examines the actual mechanisms of the China-Russia military cooperation to identify the foundations for a military alliance. The paper argues that…
Russia in the South China Sea: Balancing and Hedging1
Although on the surface Russia remains distant and disengaged from the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, its comprehensive strategic partnership relations and large-scale arms deals with China and Vietnam—Russia's closest Asian allies but also major rival parties to the dispute—reveal that Moscow has strategic interests and goals that affect, directly or indirectly, the evolution of the dispute. Russia's ambivalent stance toward the dispute in the f…
On the Verge of an Alliance: Contemporary China-Russia Military Cooperation
The deterioration of Russia-US relations as a consequence of the Ukraine crisis and growing tensions in US-China relations have given rise to the perception that China–-Russia relations are an actual or incipient alliance. However, the alliance elements in China-Russia relations have never been systematically defined and empirically assessed, which makes assessing alliance dynamics in these important bilateral relations difficult. This article de…
Theories of Non-Balancing and Russia’s Foreign Policy
The beginning of the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of balancing responses to the US hegemony, among which Russia’s foreign policies stand out as corresponding to what is understood as ‘hard balancing.’ Why is the United States being balanced against? This paper categorizes the existing theories of non-balancing into six conditions that together guarantee the absence of balancing and demonstrates that the current unipolar system…
Reenergizing the Russia‐Asean Relationship: The Eurasian Opportunity
While Russia’s policy in Southeast Asia (SEA) encounters serious deficiencies, in 2016, plans to raise the Russia‐ASEAN relationship to the level of strategic partnership were announced at the top level. The puzzle is how cooperation between Russia and ASEAN in Eurasia can lay the foundation for their strategic partnership. The article gives insights into Russia’s policy in SEA through the prism of ASEAN prospective plans, traces the increase in …
Is there a U.S.–China–India triangle? – Beijing’s official views
This research examines China’s official perspectives on, and interpretation of, U.S.-China-India relations by surveying official, quasi-official, and some most relevant scholarly publications. China’s official line has always emphasized the bilateral nature of the relationship between China and India fending off any third-party interference, including that from the United States. Neither Chinese leaders nor the regime’s official media outlets wou…
Shrinking room for hedging: System-unit dynamics and behavior of smaller powers
This article advances the understanding of ‘hedging’ in international politics by highlighting and examining the limits to smaller powers’ hedging behavior. Building on the line of reasoning that hedging is an outcome of regional or state-level, rather than system-level, variables, the article suggests that the room for hedging available to smaller states shrinks as great powers become more competitive and attempt to balance against one another. …
How closely aligned are China and Russia? Measuring strategic cooperation in IR
Russia’s high-profile “turn to the East,” the deterioration of Russia–US relations after the Ukraine crisis, and China’s “new assertiveness” in the South and East China Seas have led to the perception that China and Russia are now “aligned” in opposition to US-led unipolarity. However, alignment remains an inchoate term that has not been systematically defined in the international relations literature. Thus, it is difficult to assess the degree t…
Michał Lubina, Russia and China: A Political Marriage of Convenience – Stable and Successful
Reluctant allies: System-unit dynamics and China-Russia relations
This article attempts to advance the neoclassical realist framework by elaborating on the interaction between system-level and unit-level factors in the formation of states' behavior. With an empirical focus on post-Cold War China-Russia relations, which represent the ambivalent combination of a consistently growing strategic entente and a simultaneous reluctance to form a full-fledged political-military alliance, this study establishes two major…
Thomas S. Wilkins. 2019. Security in Asia Pacific: The Dynamics of Alignment
Asean as a zone of the USA - China conflict of interests
The conflict of interests of the USA and China in the Southeast Asia was initially instigated by the creation of a “security void” in the region after the end of the Cold War. Today the states’ political claims do not seem to be limited, provoking on the contrary, new edition of rivalry and setting new agenda for further clashes. In a situation of confrontation between the two powers, such regional players as ASEAN are, on the one hand, forced to…
Specificity and problems of economic integration within Aceah
The paper analyses the specificity of economic integration in Southeast Asia at the example of ASEAN. It singles out the main stages for the development of integration «in depth», such as Preferential Trade area (PTA), Free Trade area (FTA), Economic Community of ASEAN and other regional initiatives which focus on increase competitiveness of Association. A significant role in the study is assigned to the effectiveness of integration processes. De…
In This Issue
The Struggle for Certainty: Ontological Security, the Rise of Nationalism, and Australia-China Tensions after Covid-19
China-Russia Strategic Alignment in International Politics
Transition from hedging to balancing in Australia’s China policy: Theoretical and empirical explorations
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