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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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The People's Liberation Army and the PLA Navy conduct a live-fire drill in Zhangzhou, China, on August 24, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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Taiwan's AAV7 amphibious assault vehicle surfaces from the sea during the Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates China's People's Liberation Army invading Pingtung, Taiwan, on July 28, 2022. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)
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An aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by Brittany A. Chase)
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A Lithuanian Mi-8 helicopter participating in the NATO Iron Wolf military exercises on October 26, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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A US Navy boatswain’s mate launches a US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft off the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli in the Pacific Ocean on June 13, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by Jackson Ricker)
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Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on February 5, 2023. (Tyler Thompson via DVIDS)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Deputy Director, Japan Chair
