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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Under Secretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez following the U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-04/52810446456_1095d369fc_o.jpg?h=6fbaf480&itok=EqGfT57q)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability at the US. Department of State in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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Taiwan's AAV7 amphibious assault vehicle surfaces from the sea during the Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates China's People's Liberation Army invading Pingtung, Taiwan, on July 28, 2022. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)
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NATO flag flying during the change of command ceremony for the supreme allied commander Europe at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Brussels on May 14, 2013. (DOD via DVIDS)
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A view of the area during ongoing construction works of Cerkezkoy-Kapikule railway line in Edirne, Turkey, on October 22, 2021. (Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer conducts underway operations in the Taiwan Strait on April 10, 2020. (Ensign Samuel Hardgrove via DVIDS)
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Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan Island, one of mainland China's closest points to Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin and American President Bill Clinton sign the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe agreement in Budapest, Hungary, on December 5, 1994. (David Brauchli/Sygma via Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
