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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman loads a robotic minelaying ground platform with land mines during military training in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 31, 2024. (Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Kyiv residents attend a flag-raising ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 23, 2024. (Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Former President Donald Trump and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster walk to the White House June 16, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, took part in the unveiling of a memorial stone on May 18, 2024. (Photo via Flickr)
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A Magura naval drone sails on April 13, 2024, in Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach via Getty Images)
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Andris Sprūds, Ben Hodges, and Luke Coffey at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
