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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 Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II conducts a flypast over HMAS Sydney during Exercise Tasman Shield on March 28, 2023. (Photo via Australian Government Defense)
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Under Secretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez following the U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/52810446456_1095d369fc_o.jpg?h=6fbaf480&itok=EqGfT57q)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability at the US. Department of State in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
