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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)
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A man looks at drones on display at the International Drone Expo 2015 at Makuhari Messe on May 21, 2015 in Chiba, Japan. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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China's first aircraft carrier, a former Soviet carrier called the Varyag, docked after its handover to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning province, September 24, 2012. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Soldiers of Chinese navy stand in line on the ship before they go to the Somalia Waters on April 3, 2015 in Zhoushan, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Rohingya migrants on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman, May 14, 2015. (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Significant construction and dredging underway at Mischief Reef, March 16, 2015. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on before taking a ride in a Model S P85D with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Tesla's headquarters in Palo Alto, California on April 30, 2015. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the US ambassador's residence in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
