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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A member of the US Army 7th Army Training Command stands with a radar for drone detection during a demonstration at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center on August 26, 2026, near Hohenfels, Germany. (Getty Images)
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press statement at the EU headquarters on September 2, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, on August 22, 2026, after trade talks with the US collapsed. (Getty Images)
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A serviceman of the 208th Kherson Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade stands on combat duty near a launcher of the MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile system in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, on March 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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EU flags fly in front of the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter, on February 17, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz is pictured during a press conference in response to the Saxony-Anhalt state election on September 7, 2026, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao speaks to the crew of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island during an all-hands call on the flight deck on August 7, 2026, in San Diego, California. (US Navy)
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Anti-Israel activists pray during a protest on May 15, 2026, in New York City. (Getty Images)
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A United Kingdom flag painted on a rock in Stanley, Falkland Islands, on January 24, 2012. (Getty Images)
Experts
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)
