In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with China's President Xi Jinping and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. Sergey Bobylev | Afp | Getty ImagesThe potential threat arising from an "anti-Western alliance" is reaching unsettling levels, according to a top security expert — w ...