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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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An M1 Abrams participates in a training exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany on October 13, 2010. (DVIDS)
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Sailors check the integrity of an arresting gear wire on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis during Rim of the Pacific joint military exercises on July 13, 2016. (DVIDS)
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American and Australian C-17 Globemasters take part in an aerial maneuver training mission in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 4, 2022. (US Airforce photo by Makensie Cooper)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.12.2023%20Murano%20Podcast_0.jpg?h=bf6d952a&itok=gp2bxjB3)
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Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks at the a joint press availability on January 11, 2023, at the US Department of State. (US Department of State via Flickr)
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(Screenshot via TVO)
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A Sukhoi Su-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China, on November 10, 2014. (Aleksandar Plavevski/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Narendra Modi and Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Japan, on September 27, 2022. (Hiro Komae/Pool via Getty Images)
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Korean Marines take part in joint exercises with Japanese, American, and Philippine troops in the Philippines on October 7, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by Danny Gonzalez)
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(Screenshot via TaiwanPlus/YouTube)
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An airman directs a forklift as it offloads an M777 howitzer due for Ukraine on May 2, 2022. (Air Force Photo by Shawn White)
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
