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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
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Workers check the operation of carbon fiber production line at Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., on October 14, 2025, in Xining, China. (Getty Images)
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A worker checks chips in a workshop in Huai’an, China, on February 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping leaves after delivering a speech during a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An airborne unmanned combat formation passes through Tian'anmen Square during the V-Day military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Leaders of BRICS countries attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
