"The Russia-China-North Korea defense partnership"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Modern Diplomacy
28 August, 2026
Published: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/08/28/the-russia-china-north-korea-defense-partnership/
Understanding global geopolitics is complicated and challenging, especially today. Governments have complex relationships with each other at both the bilateral and multilateral levels. This situation certainly applies to the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). These countries have strong bilateral relations, but trilateral cooperation (or lack thereof) also needs to be considered. Given the war in Ukraine and tensions across the Asia-Pacific, defense relations between these three nations must be understood in this evolving landscape.
