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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)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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A man stands under Taiwanese flags in Yokohama, Japan, on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media on June 2, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
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A view of cabin of M142 HIMARS launcher on December 29, 2023 in Ukraine. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel addresses the media during a press conference on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan in Yokosuka, Japan, on May 16, 2024. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keyly Santizo)
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Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman tests an anti-drone gun in the Lviv region on May 28, 2024. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Mogami-class frigate JS Yubetsu is launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tamano, Japan, on November 14, 2023. (Japanese Ministry of Defense)
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Joe Biden delivers a statement urging Congress to pass his national security supplemental from the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/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
