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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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German Air Force helicopters get ready to take off in Panevezis, Lithuania, on May 6, 2025, during the Griffin Lightning 2025 military exercises. (Getty Images)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a picture after signing a 25-year strategic cooperation pact on March 27, 2021. (Getty Images)
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A NATO military force stands guard ahead of the two-day NATO summit at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 22, 2025. (Remko de Waal via Getty Images)
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks with US President Donald Trump during a break in talks at their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Saul Loeb via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (Saul Loeb via AFP)
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US President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Saul Loeb via Getty Images)
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Soldiers of the rocket artillery battery of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade carry out a combat mission with a Grad MLR in the Velykomykhailivka direction in Odesa region, Ukraine, on June 6, 2025. (Ukrinform via Getty Images)
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A broadcast screen at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai, India, on April 3, 2025, displays news of US President Donald Trump announcing sweeping new trade tariffs. (Indranil Aditya via Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
