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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian President Vladimir Putin sit at Chebarkul testing range. Russian and Chinese forces held their first joint maneuvers on Russia's territory.

AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

Magazine Article - World Politics Review

Global Insider: Russia-China Military Ties Growing Despite Friction

| April 26, 2012

Russia and China launched their first joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea on Monday. In an email interview, Simon Saradzhyan, a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, discussed military cooperation between Russia and China.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, second left, visits the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011.

AP Photo/Sedrak Mkrtchyan, PanARMENIAN

Journal Article - Noravank Foundation, 21st Century Journal

Armenia and China—Case for a Special Partnership

| March 2012

This article by Simon Saradzhyan takes stock of the Armenian-Chinese relations to discern whether Yerevan has been effective in its response to the ongoing rise of the Middle Kingdom as the two countries prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this April.

Journal Article - Journal of International Security Affairs

Preventing the Unthinkable

Spring/Summer 2011

During the Cold War, the threat of a nuclear attack came mainly from the U.S.-Russian nuclear arsenals, writes Kevin Ryan. Today, however, the United States and Russia have been forced to adapt to a new nuclear threat—that of dedicated terrorists with money and technological access who seek to obtain and use a nuclear device.