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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
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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)
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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)
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U.S. Post Office sort center in San Francisco, California, December 15, 2008. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
