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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a statement to the media on February 28, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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US Army infantry soldiers wait for further instruction during a force on force exercise near Tapa, Estonia, on April 14, 2024. (US Army photo by Spc. Trey Gonzales)
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A Ukrainian soldier pilots a drone in search of targets in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on June 18, 2024. (Pablo Miranzo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A protester waves Georgian and European Union flags in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)
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The George Washington Bridge displays its American flag on February 19, 2024, in New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian serviceman searches for a target in Orikhiv, Ukraine, on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian servicemen hold the national flag during a ceremony in Bucha, Ukraine, on March 31, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
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A warship is seen docked in Sochi on November 27, 2023. (Mikhail Mordasov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Moldovans hold national flags at a rally in the courtyard of Moldovan presidential headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova, on December 17, 2023. (Photo by Elena Covalnco/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers carry out detonation work in Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 15, 2024. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Can Kasapoğlu
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
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
