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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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A British corporal talks with Finnish soldiers at Vuosanka near Kajaani, Finland, during NATO’s Northern Axe exercise along the Russian border. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen sign a trilateral security deal on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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North American Aerospace Defense Command F-35 Lightning II aircraft with the Wisconsin Air National Guard and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the South Carolina Air National Guard fly over Greenland on October 7, 2025. (US Air National Guard)
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US Airmen conduct pre-flight procedures during Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 at RAF Lakenheath, England, Sept. 16, 2026. (US Air Force)
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A member of the French Navy observes through his binoculars from the command post before the departure of an amphibious helicopter carrier in Toulon on February 17, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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The Ukrainian-made Sting and Salut interceptor drones are seen on March 31, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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An F-35A Lightning II operates out of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on September 10, 2026. (US Air National Guard)
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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
