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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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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)
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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison chats with US President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Pool/Getty Images)
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Oyashio, foreground, and two destroyers anchor at Subic Bay on April 3, 2016 in Subic, Philippines. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
