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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor during an 2013 exercise. (Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
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General Douglas MacArthur in Manila, c. 1945. (Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (L) chats with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane on September 7, 2016. (YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un during a mass military parade at Kim Il-Sung square on October 10, 2015 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Liu Xingzhe/VCG via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping (R) with US President Barack Obama in Hangzhou on September 4, 2016. (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
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The missile frigate Hengshui heads to Hawaii for the 2016 Pacific Rim (RIMPAC) on June 22, 2016 in the western Pacific Ocean. (VCG/Getty Images)
Experts
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Japan Chair Fellow
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
John Lee
Senior Fellow
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Paul Sracic
Adjunct Fellow
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Nury Turkel
Senior Fellow
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
