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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a video conference with close allies on the situation in and around Ukraine on January 24, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Jesco Denzel/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)
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Civilian volunteer of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade of Kiev points with his rifle during a military training for civilians in the outskirts of the city. (Photo by Celestino Arce/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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MP of the Finland's Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen holds a bible as she speaks to media ahead of a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on January 24, 2022. (Photo by Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. (Photo by Sergey BOBOK / AFP via Getty Images)
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T-72B3 tanks of the Russian Southern Military District's 150th Rifle Division take part in a military exercise at Kadamovsky Range. (Photo by Erik Romanenko\TASS via Getty Images)
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech in the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in downtown Tehran on January 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via 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
