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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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Chinese and Japanese national flags fly in Tiananmen Square before a welcoming ceremony for Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe October 8, 2006 in Beijing, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
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A Chinese coast guard vessel (L) followed by a Vietnamese coast guard ship (R) near the area of China's oil drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea, May 14, 2014. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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A national flag show at Chaoyang park in Beijing, China, September 30, 2006 (China Photos/Getty Images)
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A Taiwan fishing boat (R) is blocked by a Japan Coast Guard (L) vessel near the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in the East China Sea on September 25, 2012. (SAM YEH/AFP/GettyImages)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel tours the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, April 9, 2014. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) is flanked by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers and ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh, August 29, 2013, Beijing, China (Adrian Bradshaw-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
