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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)
International Organizations
International Organizations
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Panama's Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the presidential palace on February 2, 2025, in Panama City. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Flag for the meeting between Roberta Metsola and Mark Rutte in Brussels, Belgium, on January 15, 2025. (Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
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Participants sit in front of the NATO logo during the NATO summit in Newport, South Wales, on September 4, 2014. (Maurizio Gambarini via Getty Images)
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World leaders gather for the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images)
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A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service raises the victory gesture as others hold upside-down the black flag of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, on June 30, 2017. (Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)
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A shirt bearing the first logo of the Wagner Group is displayed in Moscow, Russia, on May 12, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his speech on September 7, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
