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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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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presents statements following the Cabinet Meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on October 5, 2020. (Photo by ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of the monument to Alexander III, on June 5, 2021 in Gatchina, Russia (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell chairs the informal videoconference roundtable with the Ministers responsible for Development Cooperation in the European Council on April 29, 2021 (Photo by OM/EU Pool/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (R) in Brussels, Belgium on March 24, 2021. (Photo by Etienne Ansotte / Pool/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The eternal flame burns at the Armenian genocide memorial on April 24, 2015 in Yerevan, Armenia (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Experts
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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
