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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz listens to a reporter's question during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on June 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shake hands during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski via Getty Images)
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Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Twenty-second IISS Shangri-La Dialogue on May 31, 2025, in Singapore. (Yong Teck Lim via Getty Images
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Taiwanese flags are seen on a street in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on October 14, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
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The NATO flag is seen at the NATO headquarters building on April 4, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin via Getty Images)
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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
