Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
Michael Pillsbury
In the Media
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the start of their historic U.S.-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Dr. Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar Al Sharif and Pope Francis visit Sheikh Zayed Mosque on February 4, 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Francois Nel/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump meets to discuss fighting human trafficking on the southern border on February 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
A PLA Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, submarines, vessels and fighter jets take part in a review in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018 in At Sea, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Masayoshi Son, founder and chief executive officer of SoftBank, participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the $10 billion Foxconn factory complex on June 28, 2018 in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 23, 2019 in Davos, Switzerland. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)