The Belt and Road Initiative showcases Beijing's efforts to secure economic leverage. But they both have active information campaigns, and China has taken aggressive economic measures to extend its influence worldwide. In short, these three countries have imperialistic goals.Ĭhina and North Korea have not yet launched major wars to achieve their aims. North Korea's Kim seeks Korean unification under North Korean control. Russia's Putin seeks to conquer Ukraine and make it “part of a restored Russian Empire.” China's President Xi Jinping seeks regional if not global dominance by 2049. That is not the case for this emerging trilateral partnership. The alliances and partnerships in which the United States participates focus on defensive objectives. We also hear of North Korea shipping artillery shells and other military supplies to Russia, of China providing dual-use technology and components to Russia, and of Russia proposing combined exercises with North Korea and China. Kim is expected to soon visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok. Senior delegations from Russia and China recently met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Korean War cease-fire.
Running out of munitions and other military supplies, Russia has sought help from countries with comparable records of human rights violations: North Korea and China. Moscow's constant targeting of civilians and its clear violations of international humanitarian law have only exacerbated this isolation. Much of the world has isolated Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
We are increasingly greeted by stories of a developing partnership between Russia, China, and North Korea.
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