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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
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London during the Battle of Britain on September 7, 1940. (Keystone via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldier prepares a Bohdana artillery near Toretsk, Ukraine, on July 20, 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo via Getty Images)
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A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)
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Iranian rials banknote on the background of stock charts. (Anton Petrus via Getty Images)
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting on September 27, 2024, in New York City. (Alex Kent via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and other participants attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders’ summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Sergei Bobylyov via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet during the NATO Heads of State and Government Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (Zelenskiy via Getty Images)
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David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
