The authoritarian regimes of China, Iran, and Russia are increasingly coordinating as a unified power bloc, according to several experts.
All three powers seek to undermine the United States and reshape the international order in their own image, according to Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank.
To that end, the cooperation of the three countries is magnifying the effects of their malign actions in an outsized way, she said.
“This interplay between Russia, China, and Iran amplifies the threats that they pose to the United States,” Kendall-Taylor said during a June 6 talk about the new “authoritarian Axis” at CNAS….