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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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A flame from a Saudi Aramco oil installation in the Saudi Arabian desert near the oil-rich area Al-Khurais, 160 kms east of the capital Riyadh, on June 23, 2008. (MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of Tiananmen Gate on November 17, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove (R) with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, as she holds a wombat in the grounds of Government House on November 17, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. (David Gray - Pool/Getty Images)
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A red lantern lamp is seen in front of the Apple's Beijing flagship store on January 13, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
