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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
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Pump jacks are seen on the Bakken Shale Formation, near Williston, North Dakota, September 6, 2016.
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America flags are presented for the send of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort at Naval Air Station Norfolk Pier 8, Saturday, March 28, 2020, as she gets underway for New York City where she will support the city’s response to COVID-19.
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A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment.
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Chinese soldiers wearing protective masks march at the People's Square on April 04, 2020 in Shanghai, China
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during the meeting of Commission for Changing Constitution at the Kremlin on February 26, 2020 in Moscow, Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Saudi Arabia's Prince and Defence Minister Mohammad bin Salman al Saud (L) attend their bilateral talks at the G20 Osaka Summit 2019, on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. Vladimir Putin has arrived to Japan to partci
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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
