By de facto integrating North Korean soldiers into the war in Ukraine, Russia has further internationalized this conflict which it refuses to call a war. Is this really the start of a new Cold War, which would pit an “anti-Western axis” against Russia? In any case, it is a geostrategic rather than a military turning point.
A turning point that worries Ukraine: if kyiv does not spare its efforts to curry favor with its potential Asian allies, there is a great risk of seeing Russia consolidate its ties in Asia more quickly, Korsounskiy worries, ambassador to Japan, in an article on the Ukrainian news site Lb.ua : “Existing bilateral agreements and arrangements between Russia, North Korea, Iran and China already constitute the prototype for a future military alliance.” Before warning: “The longer the war lasts and the longer Ukraine remains outside NATO, the more likely it is that we will see the emergence of a new 'Warsaw Pact' on the opposing side, which will simply have another capital for name.”
In fact, facing the“immense strategic pressure” that they suffer, Russia and North Korea “are striving to restore Cold War-era blocs – with a 'northern triangle' into which they are determined to draw China,” deciphers the Chinese historian Feng Yujun, specialist in Russia, in a recent article published on the analysis site Ai Sixiang. However, he continues, “given its own strategic interests, Beijing does not want a new Cold War and will not reestablish military alliances” with his two plague-stricken neighbors.
-Certainly, Beijing undoubtedly takes a dim view of this partnership. Nevertheless, China remains a friendly country of Russia. It is to see clearly these alliances, whether military or commercial, that we designed this map.
