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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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A monument to the historic battle of Guningtou, which took place in 1949, on February 3, 2021, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A plane carrying Russia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev and an accompanying delegation arrives at Pyongyang International Airport on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026.(Getty Images)
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USS George Washington operates in the South China Sea, August 8, 2026. (United States Navy)
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Officials close a curtain during a meeting between China's President Xi Jinping and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing on April 26, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave after a meeting in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins on June 11, 2024. (US Navy)
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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin walks with China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
