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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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EU flags fly in front of the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter, on February 17, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pictured during a press conference in response to the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 7, 2026, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao speaks to the crew of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during an all-hands call on the flight deck on August 7, 2026, in San Diego, California. (US Navy)
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A United Kingdom flag painted on a rock in Stanley, Falkland Islands, on January 24, 2012. (Getty Images)
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Anti-Israel activists pray during a protest on May 15, 2026, in New York City. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow on September 8, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A plane carrying Russia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev and an accompanying delegation arrives at Pyongyang International Airport on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave after a meeting in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (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
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
