The President’s Inbox The Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (Election 2024, Episode 7)
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Oct 29, 2024 Jennifer Kavanagh, a military analysis expert from Defense Priorities, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a specialist in Transatlantic security at the Center for a New American Security, discuss the rising cooperation among authoritarian regimes such as China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. They delve into the implications of this alliance for global security, particularly in light of the Ukraine conflict. The duo also examines the distrust within these partnerships and the need for the U.S. to recalibrate its foreign policy to navigate these complex international dynamics effectively.
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Increased Cooperation Among Autocracies
- Cooperation between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea has increased across military, political, diplomatic, and economic spheres.
- Russia's invasion of Ukraine accelerated this cooperation, particularly in the military domain.
Nature of Cooperation
- The cooperation among the autocracies is primarily dyadic, meaning bilateral, rather than a unified bloc.
- This cooperation lacks the coherence of an alliance like NATO or the Quad.
Russia's Motivation
- Russia's pivot towards these countries stems from necessity due to its strained relationship with the West.
- Putin views these nations as allies in his confrontation with the West.