Residents collect water from tanker trucks and carry containers through the streets amid widespread shortages, as seen in Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
China's liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C, which have a global strike range, pass through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying a new group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on August 26, 2025, in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
This French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Le Temeraire is seen during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Île Longue base in Crozon, France, on March 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
A protester holds up a white piece of paper as a statement against censorship during a protest against the Chinese Communist Party's strict Zero-COVID measures on November 27, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
Michael Pillsbury
In the Media
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A US Navy Douglas F4D-1 Skyray assigned to Carrier Air Group 21 (CVG-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington in flight off Taiwan, circa 1958. (Wikimedia Commons)