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A monument to the historic battle of Guningtou, which took place in 1949, on February 3, 2021, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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A Russian ruble coin is pictured in front of the Kremlin in Moscow on September 12, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force F-22 Raptor parks following military actions in Venezuela in support of Operation Absolute Resolve on January 3, 2026. (US Air Force)
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An oil tanker remains anchored at the dock in the outskirts of the 'El Palito' refinery on December 18, 2025, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. (Getty Images)
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Icebergs float near Nuuk, Greenland, on March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An F-35C Lightning II launches from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on October 2, 2025, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy)
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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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Newspaper front pages display stories on the capture and arrest of President Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela in a newsagent shop, on January 4, 2026, in Somerset, England. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier walks around a snow-covered training ground in Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine on December 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
