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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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A fire support coordinator with the United States Marine Corps coordinates displacement tactics with Norwegian Home Guard soldiers in Jan Mayen, Norway, on September 1, 2026, during Operation Atlantic City 26. (US Marine Corps)
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Military vehicles from the US Army, British Army’s Light Dragoons, and Romanian Armed Forces—which are all part of the NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group-Poland—maneuver during a Polish Armed Forces Day parade in Orzysz, Poland, on August 16, 2026. (US Army Reserve)
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President George W. Bush addresses the nation from the White House following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. (Getty Images)
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A member of the US Army 7th Army Training Command stands with a radar for drone detection during a demonstration at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center on August 26, 2026, near Hohenfels, Germany. (Getty Images)
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte shake hands during a press statement at the EU headquarters on September 2, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tarik is seen during an official visit to Paris on June 29 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A United Kingdom flag painted on a rock in Stanley, Falkland Islands, on January 24, 2012. (Getty Images)
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A monument to the historic battle of Guningtou, which took place in 1949, on February 3, 2021, in Kinmen, Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026.(Getty Images)
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USS George Washington operates in the South China Sea, August 8, 2026. (United States Navy)
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
