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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in a press conference following a trilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno and Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on July 7, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. (State Department
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An internally displaced Yemeni men receive benefits from a Saudi Foundation on November 25, 2018 in Aden, Yemen. (UNOCHA via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech to Japanese and U.S. troops with U.S. President Donald Trump, May 28, 2019. (Athit Perawongmetha - Pool/Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting with US President Donald Trump during the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images)
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An Afghan Commando keeps an eye on the horizon at the end of the day in Pesaw village, Bala Balouk district, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 21, 2018. (NATO photo by Lt. Amy Forsythe)
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(U.S. Navy, Robin W. Peak)
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President Donald J. Trump and President Joko Widodo (Official White House Photo/Shealah Craighead)
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
