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Richard Nixon gives his well-known two-armed victory salute during a campaign stop in El Paso. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo臒an and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago via Getty Images)
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A view of a destroyed hospital building after a Russian drone attack on March 19, 2025, in Krasnopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. (Pavlo Zarva/Kordon.Media/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship JS Kunisaki breaks away from the formation after a group sail on July 22, 2024, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. (US Air Force photo)
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People walk by an European flag in the German Lower House of parliament ahead of the upcoming summit of the European Council and the upcoming NATO summit in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
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Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Ahmad Hashemi
Research Fellow
Taro Hayashi
Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
