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A monument to the historic battle of Guningtou, which took place in 1949, on February 3, 2021, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on December 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend a meeting with President Donald Trump at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025, in Busan, South Korea. (Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the National Diet in Tokyo on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Guided-missile destroyer Tangshan sets sail at a port in Qingdao, China, on October 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
