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Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev is greeted by North Korean Minister of Public Security Pang Tu-sop at Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The Battle of Agincourt on October 25, 1415, painted by Thomas Burke (Getty Images)
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Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, on July 24, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Migrants wait on the beach on August 2, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. (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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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)
