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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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Soldiers of Chinese navy stand in line on the ship before they go to the Somalia Waters on April 3, 2015 in Zhoushan, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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Rohingya migrants on a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman, May 14, 2015. (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Significant construction and dredging underway at Mischief Reef, March 16, 2015. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks on before taking a ride in a Model S P85D with Tesla CEO Elon Musk at Tesla's headquarters in Palo Alto, California on April 30, 2015. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the US ambassador's residence in The Hague on March 25, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
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Russian nuclear missile Topol-M (rusm/Getty Images)
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Australians Andrew Chan (R) and Myuran Sukumaran (L) behind the bars of a court cell before their trial in Denpasar, on Bali island, February 14, 2006. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol's House chamber, April 29, 2015. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe arrives at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit on March 24, 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands. (Evert-Jan Daniels - Pool/Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Deputy Director, Japan Chair
