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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)
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Ukrainian military holds a flag of Ukraine as they receive equipment from Lithuania on November 4, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ihor Kuznietsov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A panoramic view of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2024. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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North Korean military officers march during a welcoming ceremony, on June 19, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A shirt bearing the first logo of the Wagner Group is displayed in Moscow, Russia, on May 12, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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The flag of Taiwan in Taipei on October 10, 2012. (Getty Images)
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Two Ukrainian army mechanics repair a broken MT-LB in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on October 25, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Local resident walks through empty streets of Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on October 19, 2024. (Maciek Musialek/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin walks prior to his inauguration ceremony in Moscow on May 7, 2024. (Sergei Bobylyov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
