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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A barbed wire fence at a military check point near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separates South and North Korea on January 6, 2016 in Paju, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Beijing on January 5, 2016. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (R) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) before their meeting at the state guest house in Tokyo on December 18, 2015. (FRANCK ROBICHON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives at the G20 Turkey Leaders Summit on November 15, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The Subi Reef in the South China Sea, a part of the Spratly Islands group, September 1, 2015. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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A US-made 70-C helicopter lands on a Perry-class frigate during the Han Kuang drill on the sea near eastern Hualien on September 17, 2014. (SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 29, 2015 in New York City. (John Moore/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
