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One year ago, experts had many reasons to think China and North Korea would become closer than ever before. But that’s not what happened. Instead, Beijing and Pyongyang have become distinctly discordant and discourteous. This gap between the expectations and the reality raises questions about the true nature of Sino-North Korean relations, especially since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian War. North Korea’s deepening ties with Russia seems to have come at the expense of its relationship with China.

On Feb. 2, 2024, two U.S. Air Force B-1B aircraft, on direct order from the president, released thousands of pounds of precision weapons onto targets in the Middle East as part of a large-scale U.S. retaliatory mission. The B-1s flew approximately 17 hours and 7,000 miles enroute from the continental United States to strike their targets, then turned around and flew back to the United States, marking the 34-hour mission as America’s first-ever mission of its type. While the mission itself was unprecedented in duration and execution, its true significance lies in what was signaled.