Aiming to weaken US foes like Russia, China and Iran, Trump faces an 'unholy alliance'
U.S. President Donald Trump faces a challenge with a more united group of adversaries, including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, who have grown closer since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Despite Trump's efforts to curb their influence,
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Expert Q&A: Understanding the New Russia-Iran “Strategic Partnership”
Their treaty may be a case of "form over substance," and its timing — after Assad's fall and before Trump's return — is key.
Russia and Iran sign a partnership treaty to deepen their ties in the face of Western sanctions
The presidents of Russia and Iran have signed a broad cooperation pact to deepen their partnership amid stinging Western sanctions.
Russia’s growing ties with Iran have shaped the war in Ukraine. A new treaty raises the stakes for Trump’s administration
Just three days before US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, Russia and Iran have finally signed a “comprehensive partnership agreement,” a deal that had been in the works for months.
Rubio Aims to Take on the Axis of Anger: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran
The loose arrangement of hostile powers could pose a series of conundrums for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
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Maximum Pressure on Iran Means Imposing Costs on China
The Iranian regime has never looked so weak and vulnerable, with its empire of terror in tatters (thanks to Israel) and mounting crises at home (thanks to its corruption). Amid the doom and gloom, Iranian elites have at least been able to count on the continued flow of oil revenues needed to line their own pockets,
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How US special operations forces are turning their focus on China, Russia, North Korea, Iran
The US special operations forces, now pivotal in cyber and space, focus on countering China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, leveraging alliances and providing strategic advantages to the US
Putin and Iran's president deepen defence ties with 20-year pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian deepened military ties between their countries on Friday by signing a 20-year strategic partnership that is likely to worry the West.
Russia-Iran Pact Will Not Include Mutual Defence Clause, TASS Cites Iranian Envoy
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A strategic cooperation agreement that Russia and Iran are poised to sign will not include a mutual defence clause like pacts that Moscow has signed with Pyongyang and Minsk, the state TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing Iran's envoy.
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Trump's nominee for U.N. envoy notes need for U.S. to 'lead with strength' against threats from N.K. China, Russia, Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the U.N. underscored the need Tuesday for America to "lead with strength and moral clarity" to address security challenges from North Korea, China,
Russia to sign ‘comprehensive’ deal with Iran in tightening of new anti-West axis
Russia is poised to sign a “comprehensive strategy partnership” with Iran in a further strengthening of an authoritarian axis of evil.
Russia is about to sign a pact with Iran - should the West be worried?
The agreement is similar to the one Moscow signed with North Korea last year - as Vladimir Putin attempts to show the world is changing, and that, in his view, the US-led global order is crumbling.
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Putin gets closer to Iran with a 'North Korea-style' strategic partnership
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