Introduction - International Order and the Reconfiguration of Power: Dynamics of Change in the Political Economy of Russia and China

Abstract

How did the policies of Russia and China toward integration with the global economy reshape power in the international order? How do Russia’s and China’s policies toward integration with the global economy reshape power in their respective internal socio-political frameworks? These are the two key questions addressed by the special issue through an interdisciplinary perspective. By focusing on historical, sociological and political-economy features of the dynamics of change in Russia and China, the collection of articles focuses on hybrid processes in the political and economic sphere that have led to the emerging role of Russia and China in the international order.