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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Republic of Korea’s Minister of Defense Suh Wook for the 53rd US-Republic of Korea Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on December 2, 2021. (DOD Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Carlos M. Vazquez II)
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Chinese J-20 stealth fighters of the People's Liberation Army Air Force perform at Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai, China, on November 8, 2022. (CNS/AFP via Getty Images)
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A US Navy Douglas F4D-1 Skyray assigned to Carrier Air Group 21 (CVG-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in flight off Taiwan, circa 1958. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Quad Leaders’ summit on May 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images)
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US Indo-Pacific Commander John C. Aquilino and Indonesian Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto participate in a welcome ceremony prior to a meeting with other regional leaders. (US Navy Photo by Joshua Bryce Bruns)
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David Feith
Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
