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"Axis of Upheaval" is a term coined in 2024 by Center for a New American Security foreign policy analysts Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor and used by many foreign policy analysts, [1] [2] [3] military officials, [4] [5] and international groups [6] to describe the growing anti-Western collaboration between Russia, Iran, China and ...
[5] [6] Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attended their first summit as member states at the 2024 summit in Russia. Saudi Arabia has not responded to an invitation to join BRICS, and is still considering joining. [7] [8] [9] [3] Currently, the group is dominated by China, which has about 70% of the organization total GDP. [10]
China and Russia do, however, differ on some policies. China does not recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea, [26]: 4 and Russia does not support China's claims in the South China Sea [citation needed]. Nevertheless, China and Russia currently enjoy the best relations they have had since the late 1950s.
Russia's effort to expand its role in the Middle East is entwined with its relations with the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance. It is not a meaningful strategic alliance, but Russia and Iran share a common interest in preserving the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, [98] where Russia has military bases (e.g. at Latakia and Tartus).
Taking stock of the emerging cooperation, a Congress-backed group that evaluates US defense strategy dubbed Russia, China, Iran and North Korea this summer an “axis of growing malign ...
[7] [8] [9] In 2017, China had the highest number of scientific publications. [10] [11] As of 2024, China had the largest number of universities (396) including in the 2024–2025 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities. [8] More than 2,500 universities in China are included in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities. [12]
The Three University Missions Moscow International University Ranking (MosIUR, also referred to as the Moscow Ranking) is a global ranking of academic universities developed by the Russian Association of Rating Makers, with the participation of the international association IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.
The name is a bit of a play on President George W. Bush's "axis of evil," a term he used in 2002 in reference to Iran, Iraq and North Korea. Some of the militias in Iraq were already calling ...