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Former President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walk to the White House June 16, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers are seen near the Russian store "Magnit" on August 16, 2024, in Sudzha, Russia. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian mechanic after returning from a combat mission in the Kursk Region on August 14, 2024. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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A destroyed Russian tank outside Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, on August 16, 2024. (Yan Dobronosov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region on August 12, 2024. (Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers load a Vampire drone with an antitank mine in Krasnogorivka, Ukraine, on July 22, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
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British soldiers sit on a AS90 155mm self-propelled gun during a live fire training exercise on July 27, 2023, in South West, England. (Finnbarr Webster via Getty Images)
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A view of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024. (Michael Reaves via Getty Images)
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Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
