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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hang flags on an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza Strip border on June 6, 2024. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara leave after the guard of honour ceremony in New Delhi on August 20, 2024. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
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Secretary General of NATO Mark Rutte speaks during a press conference on October 3, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Commentary
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The newly elected leader and sitting chairperson of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shigeru Ishiba, speaks at a press conference following his election on September 27, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool/Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2024. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his speech on September 7, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
