The New Cold War at Sea: Maritime Implications of the China-Russia Quasi-Alliance

The New Cold War at Sea exposes the growing maritime partnership between China and Russia, revealing how their increasingly coordinated naval strategies-from the Arctic to the Pacific-might threaten U.S. maritime dominance. Drawing on rare Russian and Mandarin sources, the authors offer a timely, eye-opening look at the potential global shift in sea power.

In early 2025 the Chinese and Russian fleets conducted the third in a series of trilateral naval exercises with Iran. Just prior, the Chi...