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Machines load and unload coal at Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, China, on May 24, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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The NATO and Lithuanian flags fly in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 9, 2023. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Lithuanian soldier stands next to a public bus with a mural on it urging the arming of Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin on March 21, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Byrkin / SPUTNIK / AFP)
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US soldiers from the NATO peacekeeping mission KFOR at a checkpoint on September 1, 2022, in Leposavic, Kosovo. (Pierre Crom via Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Ahmad Hashemi
Research Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Non-Resident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
