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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 4, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump gather for a meeting on September 27, 2024, in New York City. (Alex Kent via Getty Images)
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People cast their ballots for the general election in Howell, Michigan, on November 3, 2024. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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Stickers sit on a table during in-person absentee voting on November 1, 2024, in Little Chute, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)
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Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
Rachel Mackey
Fellow and Executive Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
David W. Murray
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Erin O’Toole
Distinguished Fellow
Steven Quay
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Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
