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Tech leaders sit as they testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers an address at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow, on June 1, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
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A US Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fires a rocket as part of Nordic Strike 22 at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, on September 27, 2022. (US Army Photo by Spc. Devin Klecan)
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A train from Kaliningrad enters Lithuania on April 16, 2022, in Kybartai, Lithuania. (Photo by Paulius Peleckis/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks at the plenary session during the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum SPIEF 2022, on June 17, 2022, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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The Klingenberg natural gas-powered thermal power station on July 04, 2022, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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A ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near Kyiv on January 25, 2022, in Boryspil, Ukraine. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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A man pushes a bicycle as he walks past a building of Mashgidroprivod plant, which was destroyed by a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on June 29, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images)
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The transporter erector, used to load Minuteman III ballistic missiles, is raised during an annual proofload test at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on April 2, 2019. (US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ashley Boster)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for his press conference at the Ashgabat International Airport on June 29, 2022, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi during their meeting on the sidelines of the 6th Caspian Summit in Ashgabat on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
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
