NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte wants to discuss with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump a joint response to the mounting threat from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, he said on Nov. 7. Pyongyang and Tehran have become Russia’s key allies in its full-scale war against Ukraine, providing ammunition and missiles for Moscow’s forces. China claimed neutrality in the war but backed Moscow in the face of Western sanctions, becoming its leading source of dual-use goods feeding the Russian defense industry. North Korea has also dispatched around 12,000 troops to join the war against Ukraine, whi…