Kim enjoys the recognition. Putin’s war, meanwhile needs North Korean weapons. It’s a dangerous alliance, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s Foreign Affairs Commentator
Kim enjoys the recognition and backs Putin in Ukraine. Putin’s war, meanwhile needs North Korean weapons. It’s a dangerous alliancehey make an odd couple. One is smiley-faced and chubby. The other is thin-lipped and scowls a lot. Both are dictators, sinister, brutal and unaccountable in their different ways. Both have made it their mission in life to overturn the post-1945 global order, defying the US, its chief patrolman.
published by North Korean state media. “We will develop alternative mechanisms of trade that are not controlled by the west, and jointly resist illegitimate unilateral restrictions ,” he wrote. “At the same time, we will build an architecture of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia US pressure, blackmail and military threats.”.
Another possible downside of Putin’s east-Asian power games is the dubious view taken by China, his vastly more important “no-limits” ally. Historically, Beijing has had a sometimes difficult relationship with its volatile neighbour, especially over its regionally destabilising nuclear threats. China’s influence can be greatly overestimated, notwithstanding North Korea’s energy and trade dependencies.”. He has vowed never to give up his nukes.
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