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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (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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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a press conference with President Donald Trump in White House on February 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington DC, United States, on February 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A man walks across a bus stand at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Torkham on October 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Leaders of BRICS countries attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Aparna Pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
Adela Raz
Visiting Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
