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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)
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Indonesian defense minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Chinese defense minister look on after a press briefing on April 21, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the media view damage at sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
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US Marine Air Defense Integrated System during a live fire exercise on April 28, 2026, in San Antonio, Philippines. (Getty Images)
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News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking on April 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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King Charles III and President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle during the President’s state visit to the UK on September 18, 2025, in Windsor, England. (Getty Images)
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A view of Praia de Azurara, Portugal on April 19, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)
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US and Taiwan flags fly outside the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taoyuan on March 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Taiwanese soldiers walk past a Sky Sword II Land-based Air Defence Missile in Taichung on January 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi during a welcome ceremony at the Akasaka palace in Tokyo, Japan, on April 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on April 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
