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A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
Cuban President Raul Castro (R), US President Barack Obama (L) during the state dinner at the Revolution Palace in Havana on March 21, 2016. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on September 29, 2015. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)