Tag: North Korea

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  CRANK Call | February 2025

  CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). February 2025 Highlights Russia and Iran “align positions” on nuclear program amid potential signs of discord Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and President Massoud Pezeshkian

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  CRANK Call | January 2025

  CRANK Call is a monthly review of developments involving cooperation, and at times contention, among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea (the CRANKs). January 2025 Highlights Russia and Iran finally sign Strategic Partnership Agreement Presidents Masoud Pezeshkian and Vladimir Putin signed their long-awaited comprehensive strategic partnership treaty on January 17 during Pezeshkian’s visit to Moscow.

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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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  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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