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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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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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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) raises his hand to vote for the reports with other China's leaders at the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 24, 2017 (WANG ZHAO/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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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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Supporters of China's Muslim Uighur minority wave flags of East Turkestan and hold placards as they gather at the Beyazid square on October 1, 2020 during a demonstration to protest China's Uighur treatment in Istanbul. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty I
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This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 3, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) looking at a metal casing with two bulges at an undisclosed location. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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RaiQuan Gray #1 of the Florida State Seminoles walks on the court in the first half of their Sweet Sixteen round game against the Michigan Wolverines in the 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
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A general view of the USS Makin Island in Victoria Harbour. 20AUG14 (Photo by Nora Tam/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
