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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)
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A man passes by a building covered with photos of hostages who have been released or are still being held in the Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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A man walks past China's and America's flags before a meeting between United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and China's Vice Premier He Lifeng in Guangzhou, China, on April 5, 2024. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on July 11, 2024. (Li Xiang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
