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Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Volodymyr Zelensky and Jens Stoltenberg shake hands on April 29, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthis demonstrate in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 14, 2024. (Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises over hypermarket ‘Epicentr’ after Russian air attack on May 25, 2024, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina welcomes Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Riga, Latvia, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Raphael Arnault gestures during a rally following the European election results, in Lyon, France, on June 14, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Russian armored vehicle destroyed near Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 9, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers participate in military training in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 5, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers operate at an artillery position on June 9, 2024, near Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a concert in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Ryumin/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media on June 2, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)
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Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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
