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Gunners from the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian anti-aircraft squadron guards the skies along the front lines in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on October 19, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomes US President Joe Biden at Schloss Bellevue on October 18, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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Soldiers take part in the combat shooting exercises of the Lithuanian army and the French-German brigade in Pabrade, Lithuania, on May 6, 2024. (Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former President Donald Trump walks off stage at the end of a campaign rally on October 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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A serviceman of a mobile fire group of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is on a mission in Odesa region, Ukraine, on October 10, 2024. (Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An employee hangs flags near Khmelnytsky, Ukraine, on April 11, 2024. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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A view of burned and abandoned Ukrainian armored vehicle in Ukraine on October 2, 2024. (Fermin Torrano/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Flags for the United States and Ukraine fly on April 23, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers on an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle on February 23, 2024, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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The Russian foreign minister and the deputy foreign minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan attend the Moscow Format in Moscow, Russia, on October 4, 2024. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A Russian serviceman stands guard by a military truck on the island of Alexandra Land on May 17, 2021. (Maxime Popov/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Can Kasapo臒lu
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
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
