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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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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins on June 11, 2024. (US Navy)
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Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Rumen Radev looks on as he addresses the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev looks on as he attends a meeting with Russia's President Putin in Omsk, Russia, on July 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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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
