ABSTRACT
After dismissing the Sino-Russian partnership for the past decade, scholars now scramble to assess its significance. I examine how China and Russia manage their relations in East Asia and the impact of their approach to great power management on the creation of an East Asian order. According to English School theorist Hedley Bull, great power management is one of the ways that order is created. Sino-Russian great power management involves rule making, a distinctive approach to crisis management, and overlapping policy approaches toward countries such as Burma and the Philippines. I conclude with a comparison between Sino-Russian great power management and the US alliance system, note a few distinctive features of the Trump era, highlight some initial trends during the Biden presidency, and draw some conclusions for East Asia.
