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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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Rumen Radev looks on as he addresses the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev looks on as he attends a meeting with Russia's President Putin in Omsk, Russia, on July 25, 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)
