The newly inked Russia-North Korea security pact has spiked anxiety around the world about Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's growing partnership and its implications for the Korean Peninsula, Ukraine, and beyond. While some have pointed to the past week's developments as more evidence of a hardening "alignment of evil" that includes Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran, the reality is that the pact might do more to fracture than solidify any burgeoning axis.
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