China and Russia in the conditions of non-tradiation challenges and threats of national security

In this article, the author considers non-traditional challenges and threats to national security to the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation. The author notes that the political and economic potential of these two countries is steadily increasing. The countries have solved a complex border issue, effectively cooperate within the framework of the SCO. At the same time, despite the warming of the general political climate in the Northeast Asia region, China-Russia security, as well as international security in general, continue to be threatened by various challenges of non-traditional security. To traditional security, the author refers to the state, political and military security of the country. Unconventional security exists in relation to traditional security, and includes, first of all, the issues of economy, culture, education, science and technology, the environment, as well as terrorism; environmental pollution; the spread of drugs and the spread of infectious diseases. The threats to unconventional security are peculiarities of non-state, non-state, transnational, unexpected and unpredictable and are located to rapid changes and from local ones can quickly turn into world challenges. That is why China and Russia need cooperation to prevent and stop unconventional challenges and threats to national security.