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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives to give a statement to the media following the victory by U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump in U.S. presidential elections on November 9, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Protesters march to the Merdeka Palace on November 4, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Oscar Siagian/Getty Images)
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A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on February 3, 2017. (EUGENE HOSHIKO/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, with Chief Strategist Steve Bannon (R) and National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, from the Oval Office on January 28, 2017. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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US soldiers and South Korean soldiers participate in a river crossing exercise on May 30, 2013 in Yeoncheon-gun, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
