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Axis of Aggression: September 2024 Update

By AEI’s Foreign and Defense Policy team

September 18, 2024

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have formed an axis of aggression to combat the US-led international order. Each of these revisionist states aids the others in their goals to establish spheres of influence and subvert or destroy democratic nations. The Iranian-backed terrorist attacks in Israel, Russia’s war on Ukraine, China’s encroachment on Taiwan and the South China Sea, and North Korea’s ongoing hostilities toward South Korea are all fronts in a coordinated campaign to overturn the US-led international order.

For questions about the data, please reach out to Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Kori Schake at [email protected].