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A Ukrainian soldier of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade fires a 40mm grenade launcher at the front line near Bakhmut, Ukraine, on June 17, 2023. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after coup supporters set fire to the headquarters of President Mohamed Bazoum's party, the Party for Democracy and Socialism in Niger in Niamey, Niger, on July 27, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a press conference during the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12, 2023. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
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Shavkat Mirziyoyev meets with Ebrahim Raisi within the 22nd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Iranian Presidency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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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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A Lithuanian soldier stands next to a public bus with a mural on it urging the arming of Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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Japan Chair Fellow (Nonresident)
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