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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A Belarusian soldier takes part in the Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, Belarus, on September 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A soldier and a design engineer load a machine gun mounted on a ground robotic complex during trials at a training ground on April 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow late on April 29, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier watches a drone take off from a ground robotic complex during trials at a training ground on April 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a press conference with President Donald Trump on December 28, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian paratroopers boarding a Mil Mi-8 helicopter on March 27, 2026, in Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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A soldier from the unmanned aerial vehicle unit holding a “Marsianin” attack drone on April 7, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Wreckage is seen from what Iranian authorities say is a US military helicopter on April 5, 2026, in an unspecified location in Iran. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Arkhangelsk Region Governor Alexander Tsybulsky on March 30, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian recruits of Air Assault Forces complete a basic military training in a training center, on March 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Ken Moriyasu
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
