Beyond Us Hegemony
Sino-Russian Networked Security and the Rise of an Archipelagic Global Order
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22430688 |
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| Authors | Reza Javadi (0009-0005-6691-4790, University of Tehran, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 40-50 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vestnik Volgogradskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Serija 4 Istorija Regionovedenie Mezhdunarodnye otnoshenija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1998-9938 • E-ISSN: 2312-8704 |
| Publisher | Volgograd State University (PUBLISHER • RU) |
| DOI | 10.15688/jvolsu4.2026.2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W7168546712 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Introduction. The current paper studies the networked security cooperation between China and Russia within the emerging fragmented world order, where American hegemony is on the verge of decline. A multipolar structure relies on the heart of this emerging order, in which clusters of states form autonomous, interlinked “archipelagos” based on shared strategic interests. Methods and materials. Using the theory of Networked Security Complexes (NSC) as the theoretical framework, this study looks at how China and Russia respond to changing geopolitical patterns by creating interconnected security architectures that challenge conventional U.S.-dominated alliances. The study is seeking to answer the question of why and how China and Russia have significantly strengthened their security cooperation, constructing a strategic partnership, and how this partnership contributes to the new archipelago-based world order. To answer this question, methodologically, the research adopts a qualitative approach, integrating discourse analysis of official documents, joint statements, and strategic policy papers with process-tracing of key diplomatic and military engagements between Beijing and Moscow from 2010 to 2024. Analysis and results. The paper views Sino-Russian cooperation in contemporary world politics as a strategic deployment to fragmentation, suggesting an alternative version of regional stability, which, in turn, puts emphasis on sovereignty, non-interference, and mutual security guarantees over unipolar security leadership. Finally, the study comes to the conclusion that the aforementioned Sino-Russian network signifies not only contestation against Western-led global governance but also the alignment with the autonomous security balancing strategy, highlighting the rise of a polycentric and archipelago-based security governance system as the defining feature of the present-day international system.
Beijing · China · Corporate governance · General partnership · Geopolitics · Global governance · Hegemony · International security · National security · Security studies · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration · Global Political and Economic Relations
| Highly cited | No |
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