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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Qin Gang gives a speech as he attends a news conference on May 23, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter via Getty Images)
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Janet Yellen with He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on July 8, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Mark Schiefelbein via Getty Images)
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The Russian national flag fluters in front of the Great Hall of the People before a welcoming ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Thomas Peter/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh fires a standard missile during a live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea on January 23, 2023. (Santiago Navarro via DVIDS)
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Abdul Ghani Baradar and Wang Yu attend a press conference to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company in Kabul on January 5, 2023. (Ahmad Sahel Arman via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for Isaias Afwerki at the square outside the east entrance of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 15, 2023. (Wang Ye via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
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