On September 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un met in a rare summit at a space rocket site near Vladivostok in Russia’s far east, where Kim promised Putin his “full and unconditional” support.

Markus Garlauskas, director of the Atlantic Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, breaks down the meeting’s security implications. Beyond the war in Ukraine, Russian satellite technology could expand North Korea’s nuclear capabilities to directly impact the United States.

ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 09/13/23