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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A man walks past China's and Pakistani national flags installed on the constitution avenue ahead of the visit of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, in Islamabad on July 30, 2023. (Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images)
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Antony Blinken and Qin Gang ahead of a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis via Getty Images)
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A Sailor signals to a naval aviator inside an F/A-18E Super Hornet before it launches off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on April 4, 2023. (Leon Vonguyen via DVIDS)
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A Blue Water Logistic Unmanned Areal System on the flight deck of the fleet replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent while the ship was underway in the Atlantic Ocean on June 10, 2023. (John Bruening via DVIDS)
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A worker produces auto parts at a new materials workshop in Meishan, China, on July 19, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto 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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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
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