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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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Uyghurs of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM) hold a rally outside the US State Department calling on US President Joe Biden to increase pressure on the Chinese Communist Party, on February 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ALEX EDE
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Patents are displayed in the lobby of a Beijing holding group, May 22, 2015. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un before a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) on June 3 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images).
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Katherine Tai, nominee for US Trade Representative, testifies during the Senate Finance committee hearings to examine her nomination in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2021. (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Wind power generators are enveloped in a smoky sky near the Millard fire on July 15, 2006 near Cabazon, California.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the inaugural session of the new parliament following February elections, in Tehran on May 27, 2020. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, during the Tsinghua Universitys ceremony, at Friendship palace on April 26, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kenzaburo Fukuhara - Pool/Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) Jiujiang oil refinery with crude oil processing capacity of 8 million tons per year on January 23, 2021 in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Haiyan/VCG 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
