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By Invitation: United States in 2025
Sally Paine outlines how America should deal with the “quartet of chaos”
The professor of history and grand strategy at the US Naval War College says history offers valuable lessons
Europe
Ukraine can, at last, use its Western missiles inside Russia
Joe Biden wants to send North Korea a message
China
North Korea’s aid to Russia raises difficult questions in China
Officials in Beijing fear they are losing leverage over their neighbours
Asia
North Korea’s fanatical regime just got scarier
A new missile test, troops to Russia and death sentences for K-pop
Europe
North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin
It shows how far Russia has fallen as a strategic power
International
A new “quartet of chaos” threatens America
The rulers of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia are growing worryingly close
Asia
Vladimir Putin’s dangerous bromance with Kim Jong Un
Russia’s dictator visits Pyongyang and signs a new strategic pact
Asia
North Korea is arming Russia and threatening war with South Korea
Kim Jong Un likes to provoke. The risks of miscalculation are rising
China
Xi Jinping’s chaos-loving friends
Why is stability-obsessed China aligned with Iran, North Korea and Russia?
Asia
South Korea’s ban on praising the North is ridiculous
The government imprisons a dotty fan of Kim Jong Un
Asia
North Korea is getting new ships
Many come from China, which continues to enable sanctions violations
Asia
Will North Korea’s new spy satellite make the region safer?
The Korean space race has big implications for the peninsula’s security