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 "slug": "russia-iran-and-north-korea-strengthen-their-alliance-to-counter-western-influence-and-sanctions",
 "title": "Axis of Circumvention: Strategic Implications of the Russia–Iran–North Korea Nexus",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/russia-iran-and-north-korea-strengthen-their-alliance-to-counter-western-influence-and-sanctions/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/russia-iran-and-north-korea-strengthen-their-alliance-to-counter-western-influence-and-sanctions/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2024-10-03T00:12:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2025-05-19T13:10:15.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "Russia’s wartime partnerships with Iran and North Korea enable weapons transfers, sanctions evasion, and cross-domain disruption. This Großwald analysis unpacks the implications for NATO, Germany’s Bundeswehr, and the fragile architecture of deterrence in 2025.",
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  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
 "domains": [
  "diplomacy",
  "mena-energy-security"
 ],
 "capabilities": [],
 "tags": [
  "international-affairs",
  "mea-mena-energy-security",
  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bundeswehr",
  "germany",
  "nato",
  "russia",
  "ukraine"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "germany",
   "russia",
   "ukraine"
  ],
  "domains": [
   "alliance-policy"
  ],
  "capabilities": []
 }
}