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Rusty KMTC Line ship and commercial port cranes loading containers onto a container ship in Busan Port, Korea, on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An oil tanker is docked unloading crude oil at the port in Qingdao, China, on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration vessel Su'ao sails at the Keelung Harbour in Keelung on December 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with the crowd on site during a voluntary tree-planting activity at Baishan Town in Beijing, China, March 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Military vehicles transport AQA-010 torpedoes past Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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The A-share Shanghai Composite Index displayed on the electronic screen of a pedestrian overpass in Shanghai, China, on March 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An employee works at the Hainan Brilliant Pharmaceutical workshop on January 7, 2026, in Haikou, China. (Getty Images)
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Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Jason Hsu
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Pinshan Lai
Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Security Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Paul Sracic
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Riley Walters
Senior Fellow
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
