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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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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech during the second China–Central Asia Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 17, 2025. (Huang Jingwen via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump At the 76th NATO Summit In The Hague (Beata Zawrzel via Getty Images)
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Crystals of gallium are seen in a laboratory at the TU Bergakademie in Freiberg, Germany, on September 13, 2023. (Hendrik Schmidt via Getty Images)
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Indian army soldiers are seen atop a tank near the Line of Control near Akhnoor, India, on May 19, 2025. (Mukesh Gupta via Getty Images)
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Icons for Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Xiaohongshu, Youtube, and WeChat are seen on a phone. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after a reported Israeli strike on a building used by the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran's state TV broadcaster, on June 16, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference for the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on May 13, 2025, in Beijing. (Tingshu Wang via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a festive reception for foreign leaders attending celebrations of Victory Day on May 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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As US infantrymen march into the Naktong River region, they pass a line of refugees on August 11, 1950. (Getty Images)
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
