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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
International Organizations
International Organizations
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French soldiers with the French Foreign Legion sit on top of a Leclerc tank during NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s visit to NATO allies in Setermoen, Norway, March 18, 2026. (US Marine Corps)
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A British corporal talks with Finnish soldiers at Vuosanka near Kajaani, Finland, during NATO’s Northern Axe exercise along the Russian border. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a tour of the National Archives Museum on September 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US Airmen conduct pre-flight procedures during Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 at RAF Lakenheath, England, Sept. 16, 2026. (US Air Force)
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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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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026.(Getty Images)
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev attends the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, during the NATO summit on July 08, 2026, in Ankara, Turkey (Getty Images).
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A light rail train is lifted onto the track in Astana, Kazakhstan, on October 19, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Outside view of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, on September 27, 2023. (Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
