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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)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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Israeli supporters rallied against the terrorist attack in Israel in New York City on October 8, 2023. (Lev Radin via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of States Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, and Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara attend a joint press conference following the US-Japan foreign and defense ministers’ meeting on the sidelines of the Quad meeting at the Iikura Guest House on July 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks in Seoul, South Korea, on August 15, 2024. (Kim Min-Hee/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian Sukhoi Su-35S fighter aircrafts fly over downtown Moscow on June 24, 2020. (Kirill Kudryavtsev via Getty Images)
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Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is greeted during the Labor Party election campaign launch on May 1, 2022, in Perth, Australia. (Paul Kane via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference at the NATO Summit on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to a Japan-US-South Korea defense ministers meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on July 28, 2024. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho/Pool/Anadolu 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
