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When asked about historical analogs, Dr. Brands drew a striking comparison between today's geopolitical landscape and the 1930s when the Axis powers, including Hitler's Germany and Japan, sought to impose fascism globally. He noted that, while the aggressive nations of that era acted somewhat independently, the contemporary coalition of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea shows a level of cooperation that poses an even greater danger. The latter countries are applying coordinated pressure to the international system that the U.S. and its allies had built, increasing instability worldwide.