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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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Indian Border Security Force personnel and Pakistani Rangers lower their respective flags during the daily beating retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah Post on August 15, 2021. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for new US Ambassador to China David Perdue in the Oval Office on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Airmen store an F-15C Eagle in a hardened aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Maria on July 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (DVIDS)
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Ukrainian soldiers receive training in trench digging, medical care, and drone operations in Kurakhove, Ukraine, on January 16, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
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Soldiers guard the prison entrance at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. (Alex Pena via Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the shipyards of the Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation in Vancouver, Washington, in 1943–44. (Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
