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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)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison chats with US President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Pool/Getty Images)
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Oyashio, foreground, and two destroyers anchor at Subic Bay on April 3, 2016 in Subic, Philippines. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press conference following a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno and Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on July 7, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (State Department
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An internally displaced Yemeni men receive benefits from a Saudi Foundation on November 25, 2018 in Aden, Yemen. (UNOCHA via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech to Japanese and U.S. troops with U.S. President Donald Trump, May 28, 2019. (Athit Perawongmetha - Pool/Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting with US President Donald Trump during the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/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
