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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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An F-16 fighter jet leaves Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands for Ukraine on May 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a joint press conference with Armenian Prime Minister following their talks in Yerevan on February 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A tugboat crosses in front of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem as the ship arrives in Diego Garcia on January 3, 2024. (US Navy)
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Taiwan military personnel take part in a military exercise in Taichung on January 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The Ukrainian Motherland Monument is seen in Kyiv on June 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Vice President JD Vance and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev shake hands at the Zagulba Presidential Residence on February 10, 2026 in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Getty Images)
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Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
