New Axis of Evil: Iran, China, Russia


THREE ROGUE STATES JOIN FORCES TO THREATEN THE WEST, SAYS MIDDLE EAST EXPERT KENNETH TIMMERMAN.


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ussia, china, and Iran have banded to- gether to challenge U.S. power globally, while


establishing an alternative trading system that eff ectively shields them from Western eco- nomic sanctions. Some have called it an “axis


of authoritarians.” Others, the “triple axis.” And while the extent of the


military, strategic, and eco- nomic cooperation among the three countries has been widely ignored by much of the media, it is undeniable. “In the new world order, a tri-


angle consisting of three powers — Iran, Russia, and China — has formed,” an Iranian parliamen- tary spokesman said in Febru- ary. “This new arrangement her-


alds the end of the inequitable hegemony of the United States and the West.” Offi cial Washington began


WAR GAMES Russian air force jets launch rockets during military exercises in Southern Russia while the Russian navy took part in exercises with ships from China and Iran in the Arabian Sea.


paying serious attention to the new axis in 2019, when the three countries held combined naval exercises in the Indian Ocean, just outside the Persian Gulf, where 25% of the world’s oil transits every day. Those exercises have now be- come an annual event. But strategic cooperation among the three rogue states be-


gan many years ago. And it goes deep, with a shared world view that rejects a unipolar world dominated by the U.S. and that ultimately seeks to destroy America.


STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS Both Russia and China played key roles in helping Iran devel- op its long-range ballistic mis- siles in the 1990s, with Russia transferring rocket motors, guidance, and design technol- ogy, and China building the factories to assemble them, ac- cording to congressional testi- mony. The two also helped Iran


develop its clandestine nucle- ar weapons program and con- tinue that cooperation today. Iran would not be able to


enrich uranium if it weren’t for the Chinese-designed ura- nium conversion plant secret- ly built in Isfahan in the late 1990s. The facility transformed


natural uranium into uranium hexafl uoride gas so it could be spun in enrichment centri- fuges. No hex plant, no enrich-


ment. No enrichment, no bomb. Both Russia and China have


played coy about their strate- gic cooperation with Iran.


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