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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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United States and Japanese national flags are displayed outside Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 25, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the inauguration of grand Ram temple's Pran Pratishtha ceremony in the northern Ayodhya, India, on January 22, 2024. (Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Climate activists demonstrate in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 14, 2025, demanding $5 trillion in climate reparations for Global South countries. (Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Commuters are passing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poster ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Mumbai, India, on April 17, 2024. (Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on June 26, 2017. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
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World leaders gather for the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan men gather around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani during the funeral ceremony in Sarana, Kabul, on December 12, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)
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A passenger is looking at the flight board at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, on April 17, 2024. (Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
