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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Magura naval drone sails on April 13, 2024, in Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach via Getty Images)
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A drone takes off into the sky on June 28, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The NATO summit logo in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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People celebrate the victory of the left-wing union after the French parliamentary elections in Paris, France, on July 7, 2024. (Luc Auffret/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Bryan Wells, Steve Walker, Rand Waldron and Bryan Clark at the NATO Public Forum on July 11, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)
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Emergency and rescue personnel clear the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital after a missile attack in Kyiv on July 9, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A naval drone “Magura” is displayed during the presentation of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on June 11, 2024, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Valentyna Polishchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Nada Schadlow at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)
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Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
