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Dr. Alex Karp. (Wall Street Journal photo)
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Europe
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A sunflower grows in front of a house damaged by a Russian drone attack in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Mykola Miakshykov via Getty Images)
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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Actors perform during a ceremony as part of a presentation of a fifteenth-century ring believed to have been owned by French heroine Joan of Arc on March 20, 2016, at the Puy du Fou historical theme park in Les Epesses, France. (Jean-Sebastien Evrard via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump leads President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in the Cross Hall of the White House on August 18, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump pose for a photo during the welcoming ceremony prior to their summit on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement during a press conference with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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A refugee camp created after Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia is seen between Gori and South Ossetia, Georgia, on March 17, 2017. (Nicolas Economou via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldier of a mobile anti-aircraft group works on a pickup truck with a machine gun on August 13, 2025, in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Dan Bashakov via Getty Images)
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The Royal Navy type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster coming into Portsmouth Harbour on March 31, 2021. (Andrew Matthews via Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
