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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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A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee along Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the arrival of a foreign dignitary on October 30, 2018 in Berlin. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel during the 2018 NATO Summit, July 11, 2018 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Russian White House on Fire, 1993 (Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Voinovich, 1986 (Rudolf Dietrich/ullstein bild via 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
