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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Marlene Laruelle is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Associate Scholar of the French Center for Russian, Caucas
Marlene Laruelle is a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and an Associate Scholar of the French Center for Russian, Caucasian and East- European Studies in Paris.