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China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on April 21, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Domestic Policy
Domestic Policy
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Members of the Peace Commission pose on either side of a Native American woman, wrapped in a blanket, during negotiations for the Treaty of Fort Laramie, at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1868. (Alexander Gardner via Getty Images)
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Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a protest against China near Chinese consulate in Istanbul, on October 1, 2023, China's National Day. (Yasin Akgul / AFP via Getty Images)
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Employees work on the production line of medicine, at a factory, on January 12, 2023, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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Artist David Hammon's African American Flag is exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, April 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
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A detail of a hand holding a Covid lateral flow test that shows a positive result, 13th July 2024. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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The P4 laboratory, on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump stands with Ohio State Head Coach Ryan Day as he welcomes the 2025 College Football National Champions from Ohio State University to the White House during a ceremony on the south lawn on April 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump appears on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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An aerial view of shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles on April 3, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama via Getty Images)
Experts
Rachel Mackey
Fellow and Executive Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
David W. Murray
Senior Fellow
Erin O’Toole
Distinguished Fellow
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
