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A US Army Patriot Missile System participates in the exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 in Croatia on May 17, 2021. (US Army)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Under Secretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez following the U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/52810446456_1095d369fc_o.jpg?h=6fbaf480&itok=EqGfT57q)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability at the US. Department of State in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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A soldier with the First Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, takes part in a training exercise on March 3, 2023, in Kagoshima, Japan. (US Marine Corps photo by Vincent Pham)
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An airman launches an MQ-9 Reaper during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, on July 28, 2022. (US Air Force photo by Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi hold a meeting in Tehran on July 19, 2022. (Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/AFP 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
