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The NATO and Lithuanian flags fly in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 9, 2023. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Research and Development Gallery at the National Museum of the US Air Force offers visitors the opportunity to view the world’s only remaining XB-70 at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio on June 17, 2021. (Tyler Greenlees via DVIDS)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech during his inspection of the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army PLA Eastern Theater Command on July 6, 2023. (Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the 2023 NATO summit on July 11, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers use an armored engineer vehicle based on a Leopard tank chassis to pull their comrades car from a ditch on May 11, 2023. (Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin on March 21, 2023. (Photo by Pavel Byrkin / SPUTNIK / AFP)
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears at the Moscow court on June 22, 2023. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
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Li Qiang attends a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on June 28, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Jade Gao 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
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
