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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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US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn at the White House on December 13, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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People tour the Registan cultural site in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on April 3, 2025 (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on December 2, 2025, in Dublin, Ireland. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Room of the White House on December 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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The nuclear icebreaker Yakutiya sails by Kanonersky Island during sea trials near St. Petersburg on January 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Experts
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
