How Moscow’s wartime alliance with Pyongyang is redrawing the map of Northeast Asian power (opens in new tab)

For decades, the default assumption in Asian geopolitics was simple: if you wanted to understand North Korea, you watched Beijing. China was the lifeline, the supplier of food, fuel, and diplomatic cover that kept the Kim regime alive. That assumption is now under serious pressure. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow […] The post appeared first on .