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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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President Donald Trump arrives on stage during a town hall campaign event at the Lancaster County Convention Center on October 20, 2024, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Beijing on May 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Türkiye's first-ever unmanned fighter jet takes flight on September 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Recruits crawl a designated distance with combat gear during the zero day of basic combined arms training in Ukraine, on December 12, 2025 (Getty Images)
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Chinese national flags flutter near Tian'anmen Square on March 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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The national flag of China waves in the wind at a container terminal on the Yangtze River on August 12, 2025, in Chongqing, China. (Getty Images)
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A woman works on a printed circuit board at an electronics factory in Anhui, China, on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Jimmy Lai's wife, Teresa Lai, his son, and Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun attend Jimmy Lai's trial on December 15, 2025, in Hong Kong. (Getty Images)
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Teresa Lai and Lai Shun-yan, the respective wife and son of Jimmy Lai, and Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former bishop of Hong Kong, arrive at the West Kowloon Law Courts building in Hong Kong on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
