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BYD’s chip Xuanji A3 is displayed during the 2026 World AI Conference on July 17, 2026, in Shanghai, China. (Getty Images)
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TikTok Is the CCP’s Most Potent Weapon of Psychological Warfare. Will Trump Stop It?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A staff member briefs on the East Data, West Computing initiative at a data center in Qingyang, China, on January 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An “I Voted” sign points to a vote center at UCLA’s campus on June 1, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)
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A Communist Party of China flag is seen as people visit the Museum of the Communist Party on July 1, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A Taiwan Air Force F-16V taxis out during a spring military exercise at Chiayi Air Base on January 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A submarine is moored during a media tour at the People’s Liberation Army Naval Museum in Qingdao, China, on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images
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Taiwanese Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles launch projectiles during a live-fire training exercise in Taichung on June 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
David Feith
Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Charles Horner
Senior Fellow
Jason Hsu
Senior Fellow
Komei Isozaki
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Melanie Kirkpatrick
Senior Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Pinshan Lai
Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Security Chair
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Kotaro Shiojiri
Fellow (Nonresident)
Mark Siegel
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Robert Spalding
Senior Fellow
Paul Sracic
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Koichiro Takagi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Riley Walters
Senior Fellow
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Jung Yeop Woo
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
