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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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The Capitol on November 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at a desk in 1941. (Wikimedia Commons)
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The destruction of the Pequots and their fort near Connecticut by the English colonists in May of 1637. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
