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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)
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China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin takes a question at a briefing about the phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on April 26, 2023. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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John P. Walters takes part in a debate at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2023. (Madeline Mills/Hudson Institute)
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A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II conducts a flypast over HMAS Sydney during Exercise Tasman Shield on March 28, 2023. (Photo via Australian Government Defense)
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The People's Liberation Army and the PLA Navy conduct a live-fire drill in Zhangzhou, China, on August 24, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
