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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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The Security Service of Ukraine presents the next-generation multipurpose Sea Baby unmanned surface vehicle to the media in Ukraine on October 17, 2025. (Getty Images)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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A sailor from the navy of Yemen's Aden-based internationally recognised government aboard a vessel patrolling a shipping lane off Hanish Island in the Red Sea on July 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the workshop of the GAZ automobile plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on August 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A close-up view of a CPU socket on a computer motherboard. (Getty Images)
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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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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)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
