Closer collaboration between Russia and North Korea

June 27, 2024

TOPSHOT - In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (Center-R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) walk past children attend a welcoming ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea early on June 19, the Kremlin said, kicking off a visit set to boost defence ties between the two nuclear-armed countries as Moscow pursues its war in Ukraine. (Photo by Vladimir SMIRNOV / POOL / AFP) / -- Editor's note : this image is distributed by the Russian state owned agency Sputnik -- (Photo by VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Russia and North Korea have signed a new agreement, bringing the two countries closer together than they’ve been since the Cold War. What that means for geopolitics.

Guests

Stephen Sestanovich, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union in the U.S. State Department from 1997 to 2001. Professor emeritus for the Practice of International Diplomacy at Columbia University

Sung-Yoon Lee, fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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