WASHINGTON -- The world's leading autocracies -- China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea -- are increasingly drawing on one another's resources, military capabilities, and geopolitical leverage to withstand Western pressure. Kramer noted that Russia developed its own version of Iran's Shahed drones, while North Korea has benefited from providing troops and missiles and appears to be receiving technology from Russia in return. As Washington confronts threats across Europe, the Indo-Pacific, and the Middle East, treating each theater as an isolated problem risks overlooking the ways in which Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea can reinforce one another.