Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

Patrons attend a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential elections in San Francisco, California, on June 27, 2024. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

The George Washington Bridge displays its American flag on February 19, 2024, in New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn via Getty Images)

A Ukrainian soldier fires a bazooka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthis demonstrate in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 14, 2024. (Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Ukrainian soldiers operate at an artillery position on June 9, 2024, near Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a concert in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Ryumin/AFP via Getty Images)

US Army Soldiers, salute a World War II veteran in France on June 6, 2024. (US Army photo by Sgt. Landon Carter)

A Ukrainian serviceman tests an anti-drone gun in the Lviv region on May 28, 2024. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks to families and supporters of the hostages held by Hamas outside a hotel in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 1, 2024. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Vienna, Austria, on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street)

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