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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Europe
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a UAV for launch on September 24, 2025, in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Lt. Gen. Patton with Maj. Gen. Walter Robertson pass in review of Army troops in April 1944 prior to the Normandy invasion in June. (US Army via Wikimedia Commons)
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National ammunitions designed for F-35 warplanes by TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute are displayed during the inauguration ceremony for National Technology Development Infrastructures in Ankara, Turkey, on October 31, 2018. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a trilateral signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping leaves after delivering a speech during a reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
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European Union flags outside the EU headquarters in Brussels on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists and answers questions in Kyiv on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier loads an artillery shell near Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on September 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Fox Business)
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Light installation by Ukrainian artist and lighting designer Mykola Kabluka and the Expolight team appears on the Mother Ukraine monument on September 18, 2025, in Kyiv. (Getty Images)
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Muslims living and visiting the capital perform their prayers at the Moscow Central Mosque, on September 1, 2025, in Moscow. (Metin Aktas via Getty Images)
Experts
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
James J. Przystup
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
