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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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A Protester is seen holding up a US Flag in Hong Kong on September 8, 2019, Protester march from Charter Garden to the US Consulate in Hong Kong calling for support. (Photo by Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Japanese Prime Minister Suga, Foreign Minister Motegi and Defense Minister Kishi on March 16, 2021 (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, attend the Tsinghua Universitys ceremony, at Friendship Palace on April 26, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kenzaburo Fukuhara - Pool/Getty Images)
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Palau President Surangel Whipps, Jr. greets Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and US Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland during an international press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, 29 March 2021 (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 11, 2021 (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Members of the IA (Inuit Ataqatigiit) party wave party flags as they celebrate following the exit polls results of the legislative election in Nuuk, on April 6, 2021 (Photo by EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
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A propaganda billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. The sign reads: "We should build a people's army with a good style of work, able to win battles under the command of the Party". (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un signing the order to carry out the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Trump administration's recent actions in Iraq on January 07, 2020 in New York City (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Judges from the Qilian Mountains ecological court visit the Liyuankou Battle Memorial Hall to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (Photo by Wang Jiang/VCG via Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
