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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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Japanese troops welcome an American delegation in Tokyo, Dec. 7, 2016. (PHOTO: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
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Donald Trump and Narendra Modi wave at the crowd during 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020. (MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and President Emmanuel Macron of France.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony of a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, Aug. 5. (GETTY IMAGES)
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Israeli soldiers stand during clashes with Palestinians at a protest against Jewish settlements in the village of Oref in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 15, 2019. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a joint statement in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
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
