Alone Together: The New Isolationism of Russia and China

The inward turn of both nations challenges the multilateralism of NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping attend a Tsinghua University ceremony at Friendship Palace in Beijing on April 26, 2019. Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool/Getty Images

Commentary

Regardless of the results of the war in Ukraine, one outcome that’s already unfolding is the rising isolationism of both Russia and China.