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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
China
China
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United States President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Fox Business)
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China's Xi'an Y-20 transport aircraft flies on November 1, 2016, in Zhuhai, China. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via News Nation)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, China, on December 28, 2024. (Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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An uncrewed surface vessel, attached to US Naval Forces Central Command’s Task Force 59, participates in exercise Digital Talon 3.0
on November 5, 2024. (US Army)
on November 5, 2024. (US Army)
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Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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People gather to oppose a TikTok ban in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to reporters on December 19, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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On June 28, 2019, Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit in Osaka. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year message from Beijing to ring in 2025. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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A section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
