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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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Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao speaks to the crew of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during an all-hands call on the flight deck on August 7, 2026, in San Diego, California. (US Navy)
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Anti-Israel activists pray during a protest on May 15, 2026, in New York City. (Getty Images)
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A United Kingdom flag painted on a rock in Stanley, Falkland Islands, on January 24, 2012. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow on September 8, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A plane carrying Russia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev and an accompanying delegation arrives at Pyongyang International Airport on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave after a meeting in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian officer trains recruit to shoot down front-line drones with shotguns, on July 21, 2026 in the Dnipro region, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin walks with China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (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)
