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EVENT: Axis of Aggressors: Confronting America's Authoritarian Adversaries
The United States is confronting one of the most dangerous geostrategic environments since 1945. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are deepening cooperation across economic, cyber, technology, and military domains to form an Axis of Aggressors.
What has the Axis been doing to deepen cooperation and coordination? How is this cooperation shifted the global balance of power? And what grand strategy must Washington adopt to strengthen American security, bolster allies and partners, and weaken the Axis of Aggressors? The newly released book, Axis of Aggressors: Countering the Cooperation of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, seeks to answer these questions.
To discuss Axis of Aggressors and the growing threat posed by America's authoritarian adversaries, FDD hosts a fireside chat with Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The fireside chat will be followed by a panel featuring Bradley L. Bowman, Elaine K. Dezenski, and RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, all senior leaders at FDD’s Centers on American Power and authors of Axis of Aggressors. Introductory remarks will be given by Ryan Brobst, deputy director of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power, and the panel will be moderated by NBC News' Dan De Luce.
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