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A US Army Patriot Missile System participates in the exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 in Croatia on May 17, 2021. (US Army)
Europe
Europe
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Members of the Vostok Battalion, a pro-Russia militia, stand guard in an intersection on May 20, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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US space shuttle Discovery heads for space at Kennedy Space Center as it and its seven person crew begin a mission to the International Space Station, April 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO Bruce WEAVER (BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference on October 31, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier just outside the Kremlin in Moscow on June 22, 2012 (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/GettyImages)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping shake hands at the meeting of the BRICS delegation heads, in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 5, 2013. (Igor Russak/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images)
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Pro-Russian activists guard a barricade set at the Ukrainian regional Security Service building on the eastern city of Donetsk on April 7, 2014 (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/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
