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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)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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United States President Donald Trump hosts Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington D.C., September 20, 2019. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend "Howdy, Modi!" at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, September 22, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison walk out on the South Portico Porch during an official visit ceremony at the South Lawn of the White House September 20, 2019. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers overlooking the Jordan Valley in June 2019. (Abir Sultan/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)
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Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, right, speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on while sitting at a counter during a dinner at the Inakaya restaurant in the Roppongi district on May 26, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Pool/Getty Images)
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The Leopard Sea, a chemical and oil tanker ship, sails in front of the skyline of lower Manhattan in New York City on September 8, 2018. (Gary Hershorn/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
