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Presidential candidates Donald Trump pauses during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate at University of Colorados Coors Events Center October 28, 2015 in Boulder, Colorado. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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DigitalGlobe overview imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island, also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island, the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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Then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Russia's president Vladimir Putin give a press conference in Istanbul on December 3, 2012. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of Guangzhou Evergrande of China display a huge banner before the start of the third-place Club World Cup football match in Yokohama on December 20, 2015. (TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Vice President Joe Biden (L) gestures next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a meeting at Yildiz Mabeyn Palace on January 23, 2016 in Istanbul. (SEDAT SUNA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping outside the Great Hall of the People on May 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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A P-3C patrol plane of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flying over the Senkaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, October 13, 2011. (JAPAN POOL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
