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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a reception in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Migrants attempt to swim from Morocco to Ceuta, Spain, on July 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A source vessel at the Baku shipyard in Baku, Azerbaijan, on February 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Warships from Azerbaijan and Iran take part in joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 4, 2024. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump gives Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia a tour of the White House on November 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui during a meeting in Moscow on July 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to mark Navy Day at the Main Admiralty in Saint Petersburg on July 26, 2026, in front of a large photo of a submarine. (Getty Images)
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The flag of Ukraine flies in the wind in front of the Berlaymont EU Commission headquarters on August 17, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump at the White House during his visit to Washington, DC, on July 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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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)
