Tag: CHINA
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CRANK Call | December 2024
CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). December 2024 Highlights Fall of Assad regime in Syria deals massive blow to Iranian and Russian interests President Bashar Assad of Syria fled to Russia and gave up power on December 8
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Countering China’s Economic Might
China’s economic heft presents unique challenges that go well beyond traditional defense. According to the International Energy Agency, China’s investment in manufacturing has increased about 600% since 2005, and its share of value added in global manufacturing has almost tripled. As a result, China now generates one-third of global value added in manufacturing and has
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CRANK Call | November 2024
CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). November 2024 Highlights North Korea and Russia finalize defense pact as offensive against Kursk looms North Korea and Russia completed the ratification of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in early November. Alongside outlining a
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The Ukraine War: Perspectives from Northeast Asia
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has important connections to and implications for Northeast Asia. Russia has relied upon China as a supplier and a market, and on North Korea as a source of weapons and increasingly of soldiers. Conversely, the United States has turned to its allies in Northeast Asia, like its allies in Europe,
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CRANK Call | October 2024
CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). October 2024 Highlights North Korean forces join Russian war with Ukraine North Korean military personnel have been moving into Russia since early October to intervene directly in support of Russia’s war with Ukraine. The
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