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Former Research Associate and Program Manager, Keystone Defense Initiative and Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Pro-Ukraine demonstrators outside the US Capitol as President of Ukraine Volodomyr Zelenskyy addresses a joint meeting of Congress on December 21, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)