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Volodymyr Zelensky and Jens Stoltenberg shake hands on April 29, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Roman Pilipey via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Iran-backed Houthis demonstrate in Sanaa, Yemen, on June 14, 2024. (Mohammed Hamoud/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises over hypermarket ‘Epicentr’ after Russian air attack on May 25, 2024, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina welcomes Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Riga, Latvia, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Raphael Arnault gestures during a rally following the European election results, in Lyon, France, on June 14, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Russian armored vehicle destroyed near Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on June 9, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers participate in military training in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 5, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers operate at an artillery position on June 9, 2024, near Kharkiv Region, Ukraine. (Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping attend a concert in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Ryumin/AFP via Getty Images)
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Giorgia Meloni speaks to the media on June 2, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Antonio Masiello/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
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
