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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The Battleship Missouri Memorial is seen from the waterside in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 17, 2025. (US Navy)
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attends a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting on January 21, 2026, in Davos, Switzerland. (Getty Images)
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Russia commemorates the end of the Second World War with a large military parade on Red Square in Moscow on May 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Police officers stand watch during a demonstration at the proposed site of China's embassy on February 8, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks with NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 21, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
