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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin walks with China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Robots race at the National Speed Skating Oval on August 25, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Members of China's 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team work on the ice surface of the Arctic Ocean on Aug. 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A military parade marks the anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on October 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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A conceptual close-up of a circuit board scene with the American flag. (Getty Images)
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Watchtowers are seen on May 31, 2019, at a high-security facility near what is believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained on the outskirts of Hotan, China. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
