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BYD’s chip Xuanji A3 is displayed during the 2026 World AI Conference on July 17, 2026, in Shanghai, China. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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The Russian flag hangs outside the Russian Embassy in London on February 2, 2026, after the UK revoked a Russian diplomat’s accreditation in a tit-for-tat move. (Getty Images)
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A tea vendor stands by stalled vehicles near the closed Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Torkham on October 19, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham looks on on July 22, 2026, in Bath, England. (Getty Images)
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A China-Europe train prepares to depart from the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation Base in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, on January 16, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft takes off from a base in the US Central Command area of responsibility on June 18, 2026. (US Air Force)
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Trailers with launchers for guided missiles of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in southeastern Poland on April 3, 2023. (Getty Images)
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People attend a rally to protest the dismissal of Defense Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide pray at the graves of their loved ones at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A view of the Presidential Palace, the venue for the NATO Summit on July 8, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey. (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
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
