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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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Russian battlecruiser 'Pjotr Velikij' passes the Great Belt Bridge as it leads nuclear submarine 'Dmitrij Donskoj' through the Danish waters on July 21, 2017 near Korsor, Denmark. (Photo by Ole Jensen - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
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A demonstrator wearing a mask painted with the colors of the flag of East Turkestan takes part in a protest by supporters of the Uighur minority on April 1, 2021 at beyazid square in Istanbul (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Chinese paramilitary police guard the outside of the Grand Bazaar in the Uighur area in the city of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region on July 12, 2009 (PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Members of a People's Liberation Army band stand together at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party on July 1, 2021 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC in Beijing (Photo by Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Dancers perform on the stage during at the National Stadium (aka the Bird's Nest) in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on June 28, 2021 in Beijing (Photo by Dong Ning/VCG via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 13, 2019. (Photo by Zhang Ling/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
