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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)
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A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near to Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, on January 9, 2022. (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the opening ceremony of the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" at the Patriot Park on August 23, 2021 in Kubinka, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during the plenary session of the 30th Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) on December 17, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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The warship formations of China and Russia sail through the Tsugaru Strait during the naval exercise Joint Sea-2021 on October 18, 2021 in the Western part of the Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Sun Zifa/China News Service via Getty Images)
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Warships take part in the main naval parade marking Russian Navy Day in the Gulf of Finland. (Photo by Alexander Demianchuk\TASS via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the United Russia Party Congress, on August 24, 2021 in Moscow, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)
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Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Photo by PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian Marines consolidate on a range during Exercise Sea Breeze 21 in a nondisclosed location on July 5, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps)
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Russian Federation Navy Missile Cruiser Varyag transits toward the Golden Gate Bridge on Friday, June 25, 2010. (DVIDS)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jamie Fly
Senior Fellow
Jun Isomura
Senior Fellow
