The Russia-Ukraine conflict is causing wide ranging impact across commodity markets and the political landscape, with short and longer-term implications for China. Join Tom Reed, VP of China, Crude and Oil Products, Kevin Foster, Editorial Manager, Asia and Haik Gugarats, Associate Editor and resident expert on US and international energy policy and politics as they discuss and answer key questions including:
- What the conflict portends for China in economic and political terms
- Whether the liberal democratic world order is moribund, fractured, and systemically weak to China's advantage - or will it in fact emerge stronger to China's disadvantage
- What is the impact on China’s near-term security environment - how does China view a reinvigorated West and discussion of Taiwan?
- Does China stand to benefit from Russia refocusing energy exports towards Asia - can China can just wait on the sidelines, mopping up all the Russian oil that no one else will buy
- How will the west/Russia/China relationship evolve?