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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Circuit boards and conductors on the mainboard of a computer on May 12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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The national flags of North Korea and China are displayed on a street in Pyongyang on June 8, 2026, as Xi Jinping arrives for his first official visit to North Korea since 2019. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump poses for photos with Xi Jinping during a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A China Coast Guard vessel departs from a dock in Yantai City, China, on April 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A Beijing demonstrator blocks the path of a tank convoy along the Avenue of Eternal Peace near Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. (Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of their visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A worker produces integrated circuit products in a workshop in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, on September 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Fukushiro Nukaga in Tokyo on August 29, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a visit at the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
