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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
China
China
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A Communist Party of China flag is seen as people visit the Museum of the Communist Party on July 1, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A VBAT unmanned aerial system prepares to take off from the flight deck of USS Portland in the South China Sea, June 17, 2026. (US Navy)
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The Chinese national flag flies above a China Customs building with stacks of shipping containers from global carriers on April 15, 2026, in Shenzhen, China. (Getty Images)
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Tiananmen Square on the eve of the opening of the National People's Congress on March 4, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has a speech during the presentation of the digital state service Diya (The Action) in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 6, 2020. (Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam's Kilo Pier on December 27, 2016, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump takes part in a welcome ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on July 23, 2020, in Yorba Linda, California. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
