Leon Hada
Every few years, Washington’s foreign policy establishment rediscovers its favorite bogeyman: a grand, coordinated coalition of adversaries hell-bent on dismantling the American-led world order. Today, the specter haunting the think tanks and op-ed pages is the so-called “anti-American axis” — a sinister alignment of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, presumably plotting in unison to bring the United States to its knees.
It’s a compelling narrative. It’s also mostly wrong.
Let me be clear about what does exist. There are states with serious grievances against American foreign policy. There are bilateral transactions — Russia buys Iranian drones, North Korea ships artillery shells to Moscow, China maintains economic ties with Tehran despite sanctions.
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