China and Russia–the New Axis Powers?

Deepening coordination between Beijing and Moscow threatens U.S. power on a scale not seen since World War II

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony following the Russian-Chinese talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 11, 2018. Sergei Chirikov/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

Are China and Russia conspiring powers, the way Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were conspiring together against Poland before the former invaded the latter in World War II?

History Repeating Itself?

Before we go further, a caveat is in order. It’s often said that history repeats itself, or at times, tends to rhyme. But making facile historical parallels when interpreting current events is often a trap because no two eras or event setups are identical. Each time period and event are unique.