1、MAY 2024Collaboration for a PriceRussian Military-Technical Cooperation with China,Iran,and North KoreaBy Max Bergmann,Maria Snegovaya,Tina Dolbaia,and Nick FentonPresident Putins decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine has embroiled Russia in a long war of attrition,requiring its defens
2、e industry to manufacture and send an uninterrupted flow of materil to the battlefield.Sanctioned by the West and unable to achieve self-sufficiency,Russia has turned to U.S.adversariesprimarily China,Iran,and North Koreaas alternative military suppliers.All three countries have aided the Kremlins w
3、ar effort,albeit to varying degrees and with different geopolitical objectives.This piece,building on the analysis contained in the recent CSIS report,“Back in Stock?The State of Russias Defense Industry after Two Years of the War,”assesses the significance of Russias military-technical collaboratio
4、n with these countries and speculates on the impacts these partnerships may have on regional security in the Global South,where U.S.standing has been more equivocal.Military-Technical Benefits for RussiaSince the start of the full-scale invasion,the Kremlin has directly benefited from increased mili
