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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)
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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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Iranian cargo trucks cross into the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan, Balochistan, on June 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in New York after she addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, in New York City, US (Getty Images)
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A bulk carrier that was struck by a missile near the Strait of Hormuz during attacks launched by the United States and Israel against Iran is seen stranded off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, on September 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump greets President of China Xi Jinping as he arrives to the South Portico of the White House on September 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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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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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan have a chat over tea with US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, September 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen sign a trilateral security deal on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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North American Aerospace Defense Command F-35 Lightning II aircraft with the Wisconsin Air National Guard and F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the South Carolina Air National Guard fly over Greenland on October 7, 2025. (US Air National Guard)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
