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A US seaman sends off a Seahawk helicopter during a vertical replenishment evolution aboard the USS Paul Ignatius on July 12, 2026. (US Navy)
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A technician launches a Ukrainian Raybird (ACS-3) UAV from a catapult during an aerial reconnaissance mission in the Oleksandrivka sector in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A man waves a flag near Imam Reza’s shrine in Mashhad, Iran, on July 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
