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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)
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
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US President Donald Trump greets South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on August 25, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Customers place an order at a robot-operated coffee kiosk on March 25, 2026, in Shenzhen, China. (Getty Images)
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Autumn scenery at the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, on October 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Sailors from the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force prepare for a mine-sweep exercise dive using an unmanned underwater vehicle to detect training mines in Japan’s Ise Bay on February 4, 2020. (US Air Force)
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A US sailor assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer signals an AH-1Z Viper to take off during flight operations in the South China Sea on June 13, 2026. (US Marine Corps)
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China’s manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong is lowered into the Arctic Ocean on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A customized market procurement train of the China-Europe Railway Express departs from Yiwu Railway West Station on June 8, 2026, in Jinhua, China. (Getty Images)
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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
