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A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by George Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Jakartans are coming and casting their votes at a polling station during the Indonesian general election in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 14, 2024. (Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A protester raises a placard during a demonstration to condemn China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila, on February 6, 2024. (Jam Sta Rosa/AFP and Getty Images)
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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra bows to a portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana at Don Mueang International Airport on August 22, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Lauren DeCicca via Getty Images)
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Paul Sracic
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
