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Grand strategy, Asia, China, Europe and Eurasia, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine

October 9, 2024

“The axis of autocracies challenge” with Jennifer Kavanagh and Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the nature and significance of growing cooperation between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This episode is the seventh in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Watch at CFR's "The President's Inbox"

Featuring

Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

Defense Priorities

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