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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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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's soeajs during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO summit in Brussels, May 25, 2017 (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 17, 2017 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump join dancers with swords at Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017 (Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Royal Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A giant billboard bearing portraits of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Riyadh, May 19, 2017 (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iranian flag is seen outside the Bushehr nuclear power plant (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
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The launch of four ballistic missiles by the Korean People's Army (KPA) during a military drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea, March 7, 2017. (KCNA/STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, January 19, 1917. (National Archives and Records Administration/Wikimedia)
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A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
