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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Domestic Policy
Domestic Policy
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Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the prime minister's official residence on October 1, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)
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Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum raises the ceremonial staff in Mexico City on October 1, 2024. (Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images)
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A container ship departs the Port of Newark for the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 2024, from New York City. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
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Flags for the United States and Ukraine fly on April 23, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto speaks during the NasDem party congress in Jakarta on August 27, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
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Japan's new prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, speaks during a press conference on October 1, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Yuichi Yamazaki via Getty Images)
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With New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu by her side, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley visits a first grade class in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday January 19, 2024. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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US Steel Corporation workers rally outside the company's headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, supporting the takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, on September 4, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
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United States President Joe Biden waits to greet President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan at the White House in Washington, DC, on September 23, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
Rachel Mackey
Research Fellow and Assistant Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
David W. Murray
Senior Fellow
Erin O’Toole
Distinguished Fellow
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
