America and its allies see Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as an axis of adversaries.
Already a subscriber?After many months of argument and hesitation, the House of Representatives has finally acted. The vote in Washington to provide $US61 billion in new military aid for Ukraine may be a turning point in the war with Russia. At the very least, it will keep Ukraine in the fight.
The vote to provide extra money for Ukraine went through the House, alongside separate votes providing substantial aid for Israel and Taiwan. Together they offer a clear sense of how America — and its key allies in Europe and Asia — now see the world. China also recently proclaimed its “deep friendship” with North Korea, and dispatched a very senior official to Pyongyang for talks.As these four autocracies pull closer together, so America’s democratic allies are also tightening their links. In Washington, the US and Japan recently announced a raft of new agreements that will take their security partnership to a new level. South Korea is also a major supplier of weapons for Ukraine.
The US and its allies believe therefore that they are playing defence by supporting countries that are in the line of fire of the axis of adversaries — above all, Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. There may be some truth in that. A senior Biden administration aide concedes that “we’re pretty maxed out at the moment”. But the Americans and their allies also know that their adversaries have huge difficulties.
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