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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 31, 2025. (Xie Huanchi via Getty Images)
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Indian army convoy carrying reinforcements and supplies, drive towards Leh, on a highway bordering China, on September 2, 2020 in Gagangir, India. (Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump listens as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a joint press conference in the White House on February 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds via Getty Images)
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The national flag of India is hoisted next to the US national flag at Times Square to mark Indian Independence Day in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images)
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Workers arrange national flags of Japan and India ahead of a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Hyderabad House on March 19, 2022, in New Delhi, India. (Sonu Mehta via Getty Images)
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A view of Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet, China, on August 12, 2012. (Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2025. (Allison Robbert via Getty Images)
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Bill Drexel
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Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
John Lee
Senior Fellow
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
