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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
Indo-Pacific
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The Subi Reef in the South China Sea, a part of the Spratly Islands group, September 1, 2015. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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A US-made 70-C helicopter lands on a Perry-class frigate during the Han Kuang drill on the sea near eastern Hualien on September 17, 2014. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 29, 2015 in New York City. (John Moore/Getty Images)
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A navy soldier salutes from the Dutch-made Sea Dragon submarine during a combat skills demonstration in the watersnear the Tsoying navy base in southern Kaohsiung on January 14, 2014. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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South Korean President Park Geun-Hye (R) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) during their meeting at the presidential Blue House on November 2, 2015 in Seoul, South Korea. (Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
