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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomes the Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui at the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on May 26, 2023. (Photo by Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers participate in a military training drill at an undisclosed location in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on March 6, 2024. (Jose Colon via Getty Images)
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson makes remarks during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor World War II veterans in Emancipation Hall on Thursday, March 21, 2024. (Tom Williams via Getty Images)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) flags fly in Brussels, Belgium on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An SU-27 of the Ukrainian Air Force on final approach at Kleine Brogel Military Air Base in Belgium on September 13, 2019. (Nicolas Economou via Getty Images)
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US Navy SEALs conduct maritime training with Norwegian Naval Special Operations commandos as part of Nordic Response 24 on March 1, 2024. (Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Carlisle)
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A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of railroad station destroyed by Russian shelling on March 15, 2024, in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A man suspected of taking part in the attack of a concert hall that killed 137 people is escorted by Russian law enforcement officers at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian mortar team near Toretsk, Ukraine, on March 26, 2024. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
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
