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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A member of a Ukrainian artillery brigade during a training session near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force during an International Fleet Review on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool/Getty Images)
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Guests hold Japanese and American flags as they wait for the arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Mrs. Yuko Kishida of Japan at White House on April 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the a nickel refinery with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on October 22, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Richard Wainwright via Getty Images)
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US Soldiers participate in closing ceremonies for Iron Sword 2014 in Pabrade, Lithuania, on November 13, 2014. (DVIDS)
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng prior to a meeting on April 6, 2024, in Guangzhou, China. (Ken Ishii via Getty Images)
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An Israeli tank moves along the border between the Gaza Strip and southern Israel on April 2, 2024. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) flags fly in Brussels, Belgium on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress flies in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on February 24, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas Gooley)
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
