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Chinese honor guards participate in a welcome ceremony in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Vladimir Smirnov via Getty Images)
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Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
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European leaders join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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US Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft sit on the flight line at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida on August 28, 2025. (DVIDS)
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A member of the Yan Sakai vigilante group poses for a portrait at the Zamfara state government house on December 3, 2019, in northwestern Nigeria. (Kola Sulaimon via Getty Images)
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A sunflower grows in front of a house damaged by a Russian drone attack in Dnipro, Ukraine. (Mykola Miakshykov via Getty Images)
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier attaches a Druze flag to the antenna of a Humvee along a barbed-wire fence in the Golan Heights near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on July 19, 2025. (Jalaa Marey via Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
