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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing flies at a high altitude during a mission over the Baltic Sea, Oct. 23, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Trevor T. McBride)
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U.S. troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Chinese Leader Xi Jinping during their bilateral meeting on November 13, 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Servicemen take part in combat patrol and anti-sabotage drills involving RS-24 Yars road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile systems. (Photo by Vladimir Smirnov\TASS via Getty Images)
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Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Xie Huanchi - Pool/Getty Images)
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Members of the Falun Gong spiritual group, a group banned in mainland China, gather to protest at a playground in the Sham Shui Po district in Hong Kong on October 1, 2019. (Photo by MAY JAMES/AFP via Getty Images)
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Civilian volunteer of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade of Kiev points with his rifle during a military training for civilians in the outskirts of the city. (Photo by Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Cardinal Joseph Zen speaks to attendees at the Kowloon Union Church in Hong Kong, to pray for nine pro-democracy activists. (Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese soldiers during the rehearsal of the military parade to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by the Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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United Nations Command soldiers salute during a repatriation ceremony at Yangsan U.S. military base on April 12, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
