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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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A Taiwan fishing boat (R) is blocked by a Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. (SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel tours the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, April 9, 2014. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) is flanked by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers and ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, August 29, 2013, Beijing, China (Adrian Bradshaw-Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S.-China Summit Meeting, Rancho Mirage, California, June 8, 2013 (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images).
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping shake hands at the meeting of the BRICS delegation heads, in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 5, 2013. (Igor Russak/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)
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Escorted by Chinese military personnel, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel arrives at Qingdao International Airport April 7, 2014 in Qingdao, China. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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China's first aircraft carrier 'Liaoning' in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province (STR/AFP/GettyImages)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
