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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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Former president Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally on October 15, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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An employee hangs flags near Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, on April 11, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers on an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on February 23, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hang flags on an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza Strip border on June 6, 2024. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara leave after the guard of honour ceremony in New Delhi on August 20, 2024. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
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Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte speaks during a press conference on October 3, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
