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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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President Harry S. Truman at his desk at the White House signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency on December 16, 1950. (National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons)
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Anti-extradition bill protest in Hong Kong on August 20, 2019. (Studio Incendo via Flickr)
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United States Air Force Airmen assigned to Ramstein Air Base in Germany guard a C-17 Globemaster III at Nevatim Base, Israel, on October 15, 2023. (Edgar Grimaldo via DVIDS)
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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and President Joe Biden take part in a trilateral Meeting on March 13, 2023, in San Diego, United States. (Simon Walker via Flickr)
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People's Liberation Army Air Force members in Beijing, China, on September 25, 2013. (Scott M. Ash via DVIDS)
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A trader holds a placard reading "prevent unemployment from rising" during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan, on August 23, 2023. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Bali, Indonesia, on November 15, 2022. (James Brickwood/Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images)
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Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, on November 1, 2023, chant slogans in support of the people in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Campaigners from London's Uyghur community protest opposite the Chinese embassy against continued human rights violations by the Chinese government on December 10, 2022, in London, United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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Newly elected US House Speaker Mike Johnson is sworn in at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. (Tome Brenner/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
