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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
China
China
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U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meet Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne and Defense Minister Linda Reynolds in Sydney, Aug. 4, 2019.
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Worshipers at an underground Catholic Mass in Henan Province, China, 2014
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Chinese communist leader Chairman Mao Zedong (L) welcomes US President Richard Nixon, at his house in Beijing
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General Secretary Xi Jinping speak ahead of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, October 2019. (Getty Images)
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A bicyclist rides past government propaganda in Beijing, April 20.
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
