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French soldiers with the French Foreign Legion sit on top of a Leclerc tank during NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s visit to NATO allies in Setermoen, Norway, March 18, 2026. (US Marine Corps)

US President Donald Trump, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen sign a trilateral security deal on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026. (Getty Images)

US Airmen conduct pre-flight procedures during Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 at RAF Lakenheath, England, Sept. 16, 2026. (US Air Force)

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Crude oil tankers, bulk carriers, and vessels sit anchored around Qaboos Port on June 22, 2026 in Muscat, Oman. (Getty Images)

United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a joint press conference after talks on September 6, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)

A fire support coordinator with the United States Marine Corps coordinates displacement tactics with Norwegian Home Guard soldiers in Jan Mayen, Norway, on September 1, 2026, during Operation Atlantic City 26. (US Marine Corps)

Military vehicles from the US Army, British Army’s Light Dragoons, and Romanian Armed Forces—which are all part of the NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group-Poland—maneuver during a Polish Armed Forces Day parade in Orzysz, Poland, on August 16, 2026. (US Army Reserve)

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the workshop of the GAZ automobile plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on August 28, 2026. (Getty Images)

A member of the US Army 7th Army Training Command stands with a radar for drone detection during a demonstration at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center on August 26, 2026, near Hohenfels, Germany. (Getty Images)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press statement at the EU headquarters on September 2, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)

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