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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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The presidents of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes US President Joe Biden at Schloss Bellevue on October 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte holds the closing press conference during the defence ministers' meetings on October 18, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
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Former president Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally on October 15, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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An employee hangs flags near Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, on April 11, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers on an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on February 23, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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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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Israeli soldiers hang flags on an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza Strip border on June 6, 2024. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Japanese counterpart Minoru Kihara leave after the guard of honour ceremony in New Delhi on August 20, 2024. (Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
