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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Maxim Shemetov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A television news screen in Seoul, South Korea, on March 17, 2023, shows a picture of North Korea's test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giant Pandas Qing Bao and Bao Li arrive in Dulles, Virginia, on October 15, 2024. (Craig Hudson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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The presidents of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Gold bars are on display at a gold jewelry store on October 18, 2024, in Hangzhou, China. (Ni Lifang/VCG via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
