The Sino-Soviet alliance; how durable?
Expert InsightsPublished 1959
A 1959 discussion of various types of tensions that may arise in the Sino-Soviet alliance before 1980 from population pressures, prestige rivalry, and policy conflicts. [Lebensraum] needs should not lead to Chinese colonization of Russian territories, much less to actual war. Prestige rivalry should decrease the willingness of each partner to compromise on matters affecting conflicts of policy interest. China's eventual independence in the manufacture of nuclear weapons might remove one of the most critical of the constraints on China's freedom to differ with Russian policy and strategy. 29 pp.
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