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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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LA F.U.E.R.Z.A, an advocacy group, marched through the campus of California State University Long Beach for a Day of Resistance protest for Palestine on October 10, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Senator and presidential candidate for the Liberal Party, Flavio Bolsonaro gives thumbs up as he leaves a polling station after voting during the presidential election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal speaks to the press after the votes are tallied on election day on October 4, 2026, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Getty Images)
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Suncor Refinery in Commerce City, Colorado, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump greets President of China Xi Jinping as he arrives to the South Portico of the White House on September 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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An F/A-18 Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the USS George Washington on August 29, 2026, in the US 5th Fleet area of operations while supporting maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (US Navy)
Experts
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
