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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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Protesters hold signs accusing Putin of war crimes as demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square calling for unity against Russia on March 20, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)
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People remove rubble following the shelling of a residential area on March 14, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
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Members of the Ukrainian military wait at a forward position on the eastern frontline near Kalynivka village as Russian forces advanced on March 08, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
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A rally supporting the Ukrainian people. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Russian ICBM military missile launcher seen during the Victory Day Parade at Red Square May 9, 2016 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 30, 2017. (Pavel Golovkin/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a hall before a meeting with his Belarus counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022. (Getty Images)
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A U.S. soldier on a Stryker takes part in a joint Romanian-U.S. military drill, in a military base, on March 10, 2022, in Smardan, Romania. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on December 15, 2021. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
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
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Japan Chair
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
