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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on education issues at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 10, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard with a shotgun as his fellow soldiers install anti-drone nets over a road at an undisclosed location in the eastern Donetsk region on July 8, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump holds up a chart of "reciprocal tariffs" at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a festive reception for foreign leaders attending celebrations of Victory Day on May 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference for the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on May 13, 2025, in Beijing. (Tingshu Wang via Getty Images)
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As US infantrymen march into the Naktong River region, they pass a line of refugees on August 11, 1950. (Getty Images)
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President Donald J Trump speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen walk past a Patriot air defense system at an undisclosed area on August 4, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers calibrate an agricultural drone, transformed into a front-line delivery system, during a demonstration at an undisclosed location near Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. (Florent Vergnes via Getty Images)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
