Schwarzenberg stage | A Two-Front Challenge: Russia–China Alignment and Global Security

The evolving partnership between Moscow and Beijing is reshaping global security dynamics. Beyond individual national capabilities, the deepening political, military, and economic coordination between Russia and China presents new challenges for Europe and the Indo-Pacific. This session explores how the bilateral alignment impacts NATO, regional security architectures, and the management of simultaneous crises across two continents. James Crabtree, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, ECFR Young June Park, Director-General, Institute of National Security Strategy Raimond Kaljulaid, Member, National Defence Committee, Riigikogu; Chair, Estonian Delegation, NATO Parliamentary Assembly Oleksii Reznikov, Former Minister of Defence, Ukraine; Distinguished Fellow, GLOBSEC Richard Weitz, Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute Led by: Latika Bourke, Writer-at-Large, The Nightly