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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Indo-Pacific
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President Tsai Ing-wen inspects the Central Epidemic Command Center on April 2, 2020
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The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is escorted by U.S. Coast Guard, New York Police Department and New York Fire Department assets as the ship arrives in in New York City, March 30, 2020
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Chinese soldiers wearing protective masks march at the People's Square on April 04, 2020 in Shanghai, China
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A large monitor shows an image of Chinese president Xi Jinping wearing a mask in the nearly empty Beijing Station on March 13, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at a press conference following their meeting outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Artyom Ivanov\TASS via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, on January 18, 2017. (DENIS BALIBOUSE/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
