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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)
Russia
Russia
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The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Russian serviceman stands guard by a military truck on the island of Alexandra Land on May 17, 2021. (Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region on September 27, 2024. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier sits behind an MR-2 Viktor anti-aircraft system on September 11, 2024, in Sudzha, Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) drives down the street on August 27, 2024, in Kursk Region, Russia. (Oleg Palchyk/Global Images Ukraine via 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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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
