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German Chancellor Fredrich Merz during his meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Poland, on May 7, 2025. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
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Taiwanese soldiers of the 58th Artillery Command mobilize a HIMARS missile system to a tactical position as part of the ongoing Han Kuang military exercise in Taichung, Taiwan, on July 12, 2025. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)
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A Tenth Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Beret provides security on the drop zone after performing freefall operations during a training exercise on March 31, 2023, near Fairbanks, Alaska. (US Army photo by Sgt. Luis M. Solorio)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on education issues at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 10, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba addresses a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on June 23, 2025. (Kiyoshi Ota via Getty Images)
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A gas well drill is seen at Campo Maripe, a field claimed by the Mapuche indigenous community, in Anelo, Argentina, on November 27, 2019. (Getty Images)
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A cargo ship arrives at the international cargo terminal at the port of Tokyo on July 8, 2025. (Kazuhiro Nogi via Getty Images)
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Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
