Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Dr. Flavia Lucenti, Postdoctoral Researcher at LUISS University for the EU Horizon Project REMIT. With Vladimir Putin in Beijing less than a week after Donald Trump’s own visit to China, Dr. Lucent emphasizes the historic significance in the sequencing of visits, revealing China’s increasingly central diplomatic role. She explores how the wars in Ukraine and Iran are reshaping the Sino Russian partnership. And Dr. Lucenti also highlights the structural asymmetry in the relationship: while China purchases a substantial share of Russian exports, “Russia accounts only 4% of China international trade”.