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axis of upheaval

noun

Etymology

Coined by Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor on April 23, 2024, by analogy with terms such as axis of evil.

Definitions

  1. The alleged antiwestern collaboration between China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.

    • Washington’s efforts at strengthening its Quad relationship is being met by a new quad, the so-called “axis of upheaval” involving Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see axis, upheaval.

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