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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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Image of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at 'Fun and Art' Festival on December 13, 2008 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (R) at Parliament House in Canberra on July 8, 2014. (MARK GRAHAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Logo of the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) in a model of the C919 at the research center of Comac in Shanghai. July 4, 2014. (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces descend from helicopters at the foot of Mt. Fuji, August 21, 2012. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)
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A young boy views a private swimming pool at a luxury residential area in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China, Febuary 15, 2005. (Cancan Chu/GettyImages)
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A soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force carries an 84mm Carl Gustav rocket launcher during Exercise Iron Fist 2014, a joint-exercise with US Marines and sailors at Camp Pendleton on February 9, 2014. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
