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US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.(MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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A tank participates in a live fire exercise of Leopard 1A5 crews in Ukraine on February 5, 2025. (Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian Army soldier stands on an American Bradley Fighting Vehicle on January 15, 2025, in Sumy, Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers operate an American Humvee fitted with Soviet era Grad launcher in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on January 23, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Recruits of the Alcatraz assault battalion prepare for medical and trench training in Donetsk Oblast on January 31, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers work on a Soviet era Pion self propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on January 27, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Founder of the Georgian Dream Party Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to the media on October 26, 2024, in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Diego Fedele via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldier takes part in tactical training exercises on January 21, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Flag for the meeting between Roberta Metsola and Mark Rutte in Brussels, Belgium, on January 15, 2025. (Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers undergo intensive training at outdoor firing range on January 4, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Cars wait in line at the Bender crossing point between the self-proclaimed republic of Transnistria and Moldova on March 1, 2024. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via 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
