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![Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders' summit in Samarkand on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei BOBYLYOV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI BOBYLYOV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.27.2023%20Mead%20WSJ_0.jpg?h=261f740d&itok=8kVQg7zi)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Bobylov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
![Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu at the Eastern Economic Forum in Primorye, Russia, on September 7, 2022, on the heels of the Vostok 2022 joint military exercises between Russia and China.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/02.27.2023%20Huessy%20WM.jpg?h=541b9819&itok=fHbXf6t1)
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Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu at the Eastern Economic Forum in Primorye, Russia, on September 7, 2022, on the heels of the Vostok 2022 joint military exercises between Russia and China. (TASS)
Commentary
![Honour guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on February 16, 2023. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Yu%20Taipei%20Times.jpg.jpg?h=08d7fdd9&itok=fUbyMFXl)
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Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 16, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
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In the Media
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The Hon. Scott Morrison at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2023. (Madeline Mills)
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A Chinese DF-31A ICBM. (People's Liberation Army)
![An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, takes off for a Red Flag 23-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 24, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.14.2023%20Herman%20The%20Dispatch.jpg?h=cc15cfed&itok=w8Sobkr_)
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An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, takes off for a Red Flag 23-1 mission at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on January 24, 2023. (US Air Force Photo by William R. Lewis)
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![Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 210th Rescue Squadron maneuver an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter over the Lower Susitna Valley near Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 7, 2023. The HH-60G along with the 211th RQS HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and rescue personnel from the 212th RQS sit alert for the federal search and rescue mission across Alaska’s vast Arctic region. The HC-130J’s aerial refueling capability significantly extends the HH-60G Pave Hawk’s range for conducting search and recovery missions. (Alaska N](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.10.2023%20Clark%20Charlie%20James%20Show.jpg?h=b39c5fef&itok=Lc_6-Bc8)
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A search helicopter of the Alaska Air National Guard flies over Anchorage, Alaska, on February 7, 2023. (Alaska National Guard photo by Dana Rosso)
In the Media
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(Screenshot via Fox Business)