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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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A tram passes the giant Euro symbol outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on January 8, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)
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Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan arrives to testify before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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French far-right Front National (FN) party President Marine Le Pen gives a new year's address to the press at her party campaign headquarters 'L'Escale' on January 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
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President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a news conference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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US President-elect Donald Trump answers journalists questions during a press conference on January 11, 2017 in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
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A soldier of the Polish Army sits in a tank as a NATO flag flies behind during the NATO Noble Jump military exercises of the VJTF forces on June 18, 2015 in Zagan, Poland. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news cenference at Trump Tower on January 11, 2017 in New York City. This is Trump's first official news conference since the November elections. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Exxon Mobil Corporation CEO Rex Tillerson and Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L-R front) during a meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo residence, April 16, 2012. (Alexei Nikolsky\TASS 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
