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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
South Asia
South Asia
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a presentation at Hyderabad House on December 5, 2025, in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the National Diet in Tokyo on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seen in front of the Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidental Palace, on December 5, 2025, in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)
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Students carry a poster of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump outside their school on August 1, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Pakistani soldier stands guard on November 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1, 2025, in Tianjin, China. (Getty Images)
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A Taliban security officer stands guard along a road near the Ghulam Khan border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on October 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Upon his arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on October 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, President Donald Trump is greeted by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
