PUTIN’S 2026 BEIJING VISIT AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF A MULTIPOLAR WORLD ORDER

The May 19–20, 2026 state visit of President Vladimir Putin to Beijing was far more than a ceremonial diplomatic engagement marking the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation between Russia and China. It represented a carefully choreographed geopolitical statement about the changing structure of global power, the evolution of the Russia–China […]