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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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A plane carrying Russia’s Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev and an accompanying delegation arrives at Pyongyang International Airport on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un leave after a meeting in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian officer trains recruit to shoot down front-line drones with shotguns, on July 21, 2026 in the Dnipro region, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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A Storm Shadow cruise missile is displayed at the Paris Air Show on June 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln during a replenishment-at-sea on August 16, 2026. (US Navy)
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Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions in Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine on May 31, 2026. (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
