Adversary Entente
ISW’s Adversary Entente offers a holistic assessment of how Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are aligning their foreign policies, diplomatic engagements, defense industrial bases, and military activities in order to counter US national security interests. The Adversary Entente evaluates the trajectory of the cooperation between these four adversaries; identifies the threats the increased cooperation poses to the United States and US interests; and assesses vulnerabilities within the Entente to support US policymaking.
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Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are increasingly cooperating to undermine US national security and defense; challenge US leadership and global power; split and weaken America’s regional allies; and establish their own mutually empowered regional hegemonies. Their growing cooperation in Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine is an alarming sign of the potential for their entente to undertake wider military action.
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Special Report
Jan 15, 2026
ADVERSARY ENTENTEKREMLIN
Russia’s Non-Response to US Actions in Venezuela Reveal a Kremlin Balancing Act
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Nov 21, 2025
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Adversary EntenteRussia & Ukraine
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