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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
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A Zaha Marine Assault Vehicle participates in the Steadfast Dart 2026 NATO military exercise at the Putlos training grounds on February 18, 2026, near Oldenburg in Holstein, Germany. (Getty Images)
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A Tencore unmanned ground vehicle TerMIT is seen being driven through the snow during a demonstration on February 20, 2026, in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Luke Coffey and Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Olga Stefanishyna at Hudson Institute on February 23, 2026.
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A screen displays the voting results approving a draft resolution during the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, on February 24, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Caption Naval units from Iran and Russia carry out joint naval drills at the Port of Bandar Abbas near the Strait of Hormuz in Hormozgan, Iran, on February 19, 2026. (Getty Images) Share to Twitter
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President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing on tariffs at the White House on February 20, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters a car on February 23, 2025, in Moscow. (Getty Images)
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The Trans-Siberian Railway Bridge is seen spanning the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. (Wikimedia Commons)
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An US Marine Corps infantry rifleman poses for a photo during exercise Cold Response 26 in Setermoen, Norway, on February 11, 2026. (US Marine Corps)
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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)
