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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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A US infantry carrier vehicle crosses a river during a South Korea–US joint military exercise in Yeoju, South Korea, on August 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A combine harvester gathers crops in Farbovane, Ukraine, near Kyiv on July 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A drone photo shows the People’s Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer Nanning sailing into Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong on July 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The aftermath of a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian rescuers extinguish a large-scale fire that broke out following a Russian strike using a North Korean ballistic missile on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on August 11, 2026.(Getty Images)
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Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev is greeted by North Korean Minister of Public Security Pang Tu-sop at Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, on July 24, 2026. (Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a reception in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump gives Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia a tour of the White House on November 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
