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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Qinglong humanoid robots sort goods at a logistics sorting line during the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 26, 2025. (Tian Yuhao via Getty Images)
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A man and child look over maps of Kinmen and China at the Guningtou Battle Museum. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)
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A general view of the shipping port in Keelung, Taiwan, on August 1, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
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Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a budget committee session on the US tariff issue in the House of Representatives at the Parliament in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi via Getty Images)
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People look over damage to buildings following Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
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David Asher
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
