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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)
Russia
Russia
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a meeting at Bocharov Ruchei residence. MAY 14, 2019 (Mikhail Metzel/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches during the board of Interior Ministry on February 28, 2019 in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
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S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems of the Russian Southern Military District's missile regiment on combat duty. (Sergei Malgavko/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin followed by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov attend the welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on March 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony prior to the dinner on September 4, 2017 in Xiamen, China. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin on October 4, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Donald Trump looks at Vladimir Putin at the meeting center of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018 (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee along Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Experts
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
