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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Russia
Russia
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President Ibrahim Traore, leader of the military regime of Burkina Faso, arrives in Moscow, Russia, on May 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Clashes erupt between Georgian police and protesters on the second day of protest against "foreign agents" bill, in Tblisi, Geogia on March 08, 2023 (David Mdzinarishvili via Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a reception in the Great Hall of the People following a military parade in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on during a joint press conference on August 13, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev via Getty Images)
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a statement during a press conference with US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. (Andrew Harnik via 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
