Are America’s four main adversaries really in cahoots?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. | Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Editor’s note, September 2, 12:10 pm ET: This week, the leaders of Iran, North Korea, and Russia, along with around two dozen other heads of state, are in China for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, which doubles as an advertisement for China’s bid for global leadership. In February, Vox reported on how American policymakers and scholars are increasingly loo