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Japanese armed forces taking part in a drill near Tokyo, January 2026

Japan Can’t Go It Alone

Tokyo Has Stepped Up on China—Now It’s Washington’s Turn

By Dan Blumenthal, Mike Kuiken, and Randy Schriver

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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 2025

The Unsettling Implications of Xi’s Military Purge

Why His Impatience With Chinese Commanders Should Worry U.S. Policymakers

By Christopher Johnson

A march in support of Venezuela’s ousted President Nicolás Maduro, Caracas, January 2026

The Trouble With Regime Change

What History Teaches About When and How to Pursue It

By Richard Haass

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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, May 2025

Russia Is the World’s Worst Patron

From Syria to Venezuela, Putin Has Overpromised and Underdelivered

By Alexander Gabuev and Sergey Vakulenko

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