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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Fans of American singer Taylor Swift react to the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at a cinema in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Iranian Mohajer 10 drone is displayed at a defense industry exhibition on August 23, 2023, in Tehran. (Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian Patriarch Kirill leads a Christmas service in Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on January 6, 2018. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers patrol with a Bradley Fighting vehicle as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Avdiivka Donbas, Ukraine, on December 4, 2023. (Marek M. Berezowski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting in Amur Oblast, Russia, on September 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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
