Why Russia's Biggest Threat is Actually China

Summary by Krater

This video examines the geopolitical relationship and history of tension between Russia and China, concluding that their current cooperation is driven by shared opposition to the United States but is ultimately limited by long-standing territorial disputes and demographic disparities.

From the video

Answers: Why are Russia and China allies and will their alliance last?

• Sino-Russian relations
• Geopolitics of Eurasia
• Sino-Soviet border conflicts
• Territorial disputes in Asia
• Energy resources and trade

What it concludes

• Sino-Russian cooperation is driven by shared opposition to the United States, but historical tensions and territorial disputes make a long-term alliance unlikely.
• China's extreme reliance on energy imports through the vulnerable Strait of Malacca creates a major strategic vulnerability.
• Russia holds vast natural resources in the Far East but lacks the population and capital to develop them independently, making reliance on China inevitable.
• The ongoing water scarcity in northern China and the North China Plain points toward long-term resource friction with neighbors.
• The shrinking population of the Russian Far East compared to heavily populated Chinese border provinces creates demographic imbalances that worry Moscow.