China and the Crisis of the European Security System

Abstract

If there had not been an active rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing over the past decades, there would have been no Asian alternative to the European markets for Russian oil and gas, and nothing would have happened on February 24. But is China the main beneficiary of the European crisis? Is the situation developing according to the Chinese plan? There are different ways to assess the nature and consequences of the events that began in mid-February 2022. However, the following