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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)
China
China
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MH-60R Sea Hawks attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron HSM-77 (the 鈥淪aberhawks鈥�) hover in formation between the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (foreground) and USS Nimitz while under way in the South China Sea, July 7, 2020. The Nimitz and R
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017
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A shop for Chinese telecom giant Huawei features a red sticker reading "5G" in Beijing on May 25, 2020.
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People鈥檚 Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.
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Riot police hold up a warning flag during a demonstration in a mall on July 6, 2020 in Hong Kong, China.
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Chinese soldiers applaud during a military parade at the Zhurihe training base in China's northern Inner Mongolia region on July 30, 2017
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The 5G logo is seen displayed on an Android mobile phone with United States of America flag in the background
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Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 2, 2020.
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
