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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to his supporters during a rally in Srinagar on September 19, 2024. (Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images)
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Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in the old quarters of New Delhi on April 11, 2024. (Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive for their meeting during the Quad Leaders Summit in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban security personnel stand guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on the eve of the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on August 13, 2024. (Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anti-government protestors storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. (K M Asad/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Indian flag is seen at a war memorial in Dras, India, on July 24, 2024. (Firdous Nazir via Getty Images)
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Afghan women use sewing machines at a workshop in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on December 1, 2022. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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An Afghan man sells Taliban flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 13, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan people holding flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 15, 2023. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Residents protest the recent suicide attack by militants on an army enclave in Bannu, Pakistan, on July 26, 2024. (Karim Ullah/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Aparna Pande
Research Fellow, India and South Asia
Adela Raz
Visiting Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
