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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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Missiles and UAVs are shown with Israeli and American flags in Tehran, Iran, on February 11, 2024. (Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 High Level Segment meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walks past destroyed Russian military vehicles blanketed in snow in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in downtown Kyiv on November 22, 2023. (Roman Pilpey/AFP via Getty Images)
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Fans of American singer Taylor Swift react to the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at a cinema in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
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Soldiers from Task Force Stalwart on March 28, 2018, in a post in the outskirts of Afghanistan. (US Army via DVIDS)
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A protester raises a placard during a demonstration to condemn China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila, on February 6, 2024. (Jam Sta Rosa/AFP and Getty Images)
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A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on February 5, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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Residential buildings destroyed by shelling in Izyum, Kharkiv, on February 1, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP 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
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
