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110			_aCHIVVIS Christopher S. _eauthor
245			_aHow evil? deconstructing the new Russia–China–Iran–North Korea Axis / _cChristopher S. Chivvis and Jack Keating
260			_c2024/2025
520			_aWashington is entertaining the idea that America and its allies face a new ‘axis of evil’ consisting of China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Voices across the political spectrum want to make this grouping the focus of Western statecraft. But cooperation among these adversaries is modest overall, and treating them as a coherent bloc ignores important uncertainties about their future bonds. In the process, it risks creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. Their growing bond may be an unanticipated geopolitical cost of the Russia–Ukraine war, but their cooperation will probably diminish when the war ends. The United States should focus on finding levers to weaken China’s relationships with the other three – especially Russia – and in the meantime better prioritise its global commitments so that it is less exposed to coordinated attacks.
650			_a25-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP _zCHINA _zIRAN _zNORTH KOREA
650			_aSECURITY COOPERATION
700			_aKEATING Jack _eauthor
773			_gSurvival: Volume 66, Number 56, December-January 2025, pages: 51-66
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2024.2432198 _zClick here for full text
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