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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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The North Atlantic Council meeting room where the most important meetings of NATO members are held in the NATO Headquarters building on April 27, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
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A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated powder containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on October 8, 2019. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden holds a meeting with his science and technology advisors at the White House on April 4, 2023, in Washington, DC. (The White House via Flickr)
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Crude oil tanker at a terminal operated by China Petrochemical Corporation or Sinopec Group in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon the only operational nuclear plant left in California due to be shutdown in 2024 on December 1, 2021, Avila Beach, California. (George Rose via Getty Images)
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The campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, on December 7, 2017. (Astrid Riecken via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on May 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
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Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
