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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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US President Donald Trump meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office at the White House on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, in Strasbourg, France, on October 4, 2023. (Getty Images)
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A serviceman of Security Service of Ukraine escorts Chinese prisoner of war in Kyiv on April 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Demonstrators hold military and Israeli flags during a protest in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 2, 2025. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier conducts training on April 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Pakistani soldier in the South Waziristan District on October 18, 2017. (Getty Images)
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A batch of fiber-optic drones are seen before being handed over to the Ukrainian armed forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 1, 2025. (Mykhaylo Palinchak via Getty Images)
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The flags of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Ukraine are seen prior to talks on March 11, 2025, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Salah Malkawi via Getty Images)
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Taiwanese honour guards perform during the Taiwan National Day celebrations, in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 10, 2024. (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
