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The Expansion of Russia’s Strategic Alliances and Hybrid Threat Networks

1. Probability of DPRK Army Participation in Ukraine Current Assessment: Low-to-moderate likelihood in the short term (2025) of direct combat deployment inside Ukrainian territory. Moderate likelihood of indirect involvement — logistics, engineering, artillery crews, or military…

August 13, 2025DPRK, Russia, Ukraine

Democracy Geopolitics National Security

Russia’s Deepening Ties with North Korea: Strategic Axis or Tactical Convergence?

As Russia intensifies cooperation with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), a new geopolitical triangle with China emerges, altering the strategic calculus in Northeast Asia. While Moscow seeks arms,…

July 14, 2025China, DPRK, Russia

Conflict Geopolitics National Security Nonproliferation

Russia Challenges China’s Influence Over North Korea, Raising the Risk of Global Conflict

Russia is actively working to reduce China’s influence over North Korea, a move that has heightened concerns about the potential for a broader geopolitical confrontation. By expanding its cooperation with…

October 17, 2024China, DPRK, NATO, Russia, South Korea, USA

Conflict Geopolitics

The Russian-North Korean alliance requiring the U.S. to allocate more attention and resources to the Asia-Pacific

The growing cooperation between Russia and North Korea, especially the potential deployment of North Korean troops to Ukraine, challenges the United States on two different fronts: Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific,…

July 1, 2024DPRK, Russia, USA

National Security Nonproliferation Terrorism

Hamas attack on Israel reveals shady arms shipments to terrorists

Although we have not found direct evidence proving Moscow’s involvement in supplying the Hamas movement with North Korean weapons, there is a very high probability of such copartnership. Particularly, collaboration of the…

October 20, 2023DPRK, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia

Governance

The DPRK leader’s health gain to boost his personality cult growth

The massive weight loss of the North Korean supreme leader has nothing to do with deterioration of his health but with the measures taken at his doctors’ strong recommendations to…

October 29, 2021DPRK

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North Korean Tactics, 2020

Here is the paper by U.S. Department of the Army that addresses the tactics, organization, and activities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s ground forces. Part one of this…

May 11, 2021DPRK

Governance

Bad Kim Jong Un’s health is the reason for political changes in DPRK

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's health is in critical condition hazard to life, though rumors of a coma have proven unfounded. Kim Jong-Un's physical condition indicates that the country's leaders…

August 27, 2020DPRK

Geopolitics Must Read PDF

Overt Affairs

The lansinginstitute.org recommends a new report from The Sentry, shows that in an effort to evade the international sanctions designed to disrupt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea exploited vulnerabilities…

August 23, 2020DPRK, DRC, Sanctions

Governance

Reasons for DPRK Prime-minister resignation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed Kim Tok Hun a new Prime-minister of the North Korean cabinet instead of Kim Jae Ryong, who had been relieved from his…

August 14, 2020DPRK

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The Expansion of Russia’s Strategic Alliances and Hybrid Threat Networks

Russia’s Deepening Ties with North Korea: Strategic Axis or Tactical Convergence?

Russia Challenges China’s Influence Over North Korea, Raising the Risk of Global Conflict

The Russian-North Korean alliance requiring the U.S. to allocate more attention and resources to the Asia-Pacific

Hamas attack on Israel reveals shady arms shipments to terrorists

The DPRK leader’s health gain to boost his personality cult growth

North Korean Tactics, 2020

Bad Kim Jong Un’s health is the reason for political changes in DPRK

Overt Affairs

Reasons for DPRK Prime-minister resignation

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