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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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A US infantry carrier vehicle crosses a river during a South Korea–US joint military exercise in Yeoju, South Korea, on August 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Republic of Korea marines depart in a combat rubber raiding craft during Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026 at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Hawaii on July 20, 2026. (US Marine Corps)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting in the Korean Demilitarized Zone on June 30, 2019. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II flies alongside two F-35A Lightning IIs and an F-16 Fighting Falcon of the US Air Force over the Pacific Ocean near Misawa Air Base in Japan on September 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses for a group photo with ASEAN foreign ministers on July 22, 2026, in Manila, Philippines. (Getty Images)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
