Three Years In, Prospects for Peace? China-Russia-North Korea Relations on the Third Anniversary of Putin’s Ukraine War

Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Panel Discussion
Co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Harvard Korea Institute

Andrew S. Erickson
Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute; Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

Emily J. Holland
Assistant Professor, Naval War College Russia Maritime Studies Institute; former postdoctoral fellow, Davis Center

Vitaly Kozyrev
Distinguished Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Endicott College

Seong-hyon Lee, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center; Senior Fellow, George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations

Chaired by Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

February 24, 2025 marks the three-year anniversary of Putin’s devastating Ukraine invasion. Among its many reverberations are ramifications for Sino-Russian relations, which continue to deepen despite lingering differences between the great powers and the revisionist autocrats leading them. Emerging and potential impacts include increasing energy and resource transactions, alignment in the form of international strategic coordination and demonstrations of their partnership on the world stage, collaboration in military technology and operations, and maritime-security advances. And what role is North Korea playing in this complex geopolitical dance? Expert panelists will discuss these complicated dynamics and pressing issues as the Trump Administration pursues a conclusion to the devastating Russia-Ukraine War while Beijing, Moscow, and Peongyang strive to shape events in their favor.

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