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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Western Europe
Western Europe
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A bridge near the ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, Germany, on October 6, 2022. (Lukas Schulze via Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds a press conference after the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on June 24, 2022. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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G7 leaders during a working session at the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau on June 28, 2022 near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau via Pool/Getty Images)
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EU Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen speaks to the press in the Berlaymont, the European Union Commission headquarters on April 27, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. (Getty Images)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) pose for the media ahead of bilateral talks at the 2022 Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2022, in Munich, Germany. (Getty ImagesV
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) delivers remarks alongside U.S. President Joe Biden during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on February 07, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with journalists after the end of the second day of negotiations on the EU long term budget for 2021-2027 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A delegate stands in front of a window at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre during the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference on 16 December, 2005 in Hong Kong (Photo by MN Chan/Getty Images)
Experts
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
