What does it mean when India’s Modi holds hands with Putin while Trump imposes punishing tariffs on supposed allies? How has North Korea quietly amassed enough material for 50 nuclear warheads? And is the West’s post-war alliance system finally crumbling under the weight of America First policies?

USSC Non-Resident Senior Fellow Jane Hardy spoke with Professor Mark Kenny (ANU) on the rise of the “axis of upheaval” and her firsthand experiences inside North Korea.