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Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Maxim Shemetov/AFP via Getty Images)
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North Korean military officers march during a welcoming ceremony, on June 19, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Getty Images)
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The flag of Taiwan in Taipei on October 10, 2012. (Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi applauds during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden at the White House on June 22, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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The presidents of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes US President Joe Biden at Schloss Bellevue on October 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds the closing press conference during the defence ministers' meetings on October 18, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
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Former president Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally on October 15, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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An employee hangs flags near Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, on April 11, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Ahmad Hashemi
Research Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
