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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)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on February 3, 2017. (EUGENE HOSHIKO/AFP/Getty Images)
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A soldier of the Polish Army sits in a tank as a NATO flag flies behind during the NATO Noble Jump military exercises of the VJTF forces on June 18, 2015 in Zagan, Poland. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Dome of the Rock and flag of Israel. (Cosmo Condina/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to U.S. President Barack Obama during a bilateral meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel, September 21, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Three A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., during an air refueling training mission, April 14, 2006. (Senior Airman Christina D. Ponte/DefenseLINK/Released)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the Iran nuclear agreement August 5, 2015 (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)
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Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan rally outside the White House in Washington, DC on July 17, 2016. (Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Barack Obama (R) attend the opening session of the at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit on March 24, 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Yves Herman - Pool/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a press conference at his official residence on May 14, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun via 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
