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Foreign Policy
![Russian President Vladimir Putin](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-1235194627.jpg?h=5c1807ee&itok=yZmk932a)
![DONETSK, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 04: Targets are hit by Ukrainian Army on the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine as intense military activity continues during Russia-Ukraine war on December 04, 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Coffey%20New%20York%20Post_0.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=tbiY0-yF)
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Ukrainian soldiers fire an artillery shell on the frontline in Donetsk, Ukraine, on December 4, 2022. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
![BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - JANUARY 27: The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy on January 27, 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry a man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Tehran, an employee of the security service of the embassy was killed, and two more were injured. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Coffey%20Arab%20News_0.jpg?h=8ce66f29&itok=lQO64m41)
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The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, on January 27, 2023. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)
![china chinese communist party flag](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.20%20Lee.jpg?h=b3a2e1bc&itok=v0q8tZ9y)
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A Chinese flag flies in Beijing, China, on June 28, 2018. (DVIDS)
Commentary
![230204-N-MJ302-1255 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 4, 2023) The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the South China Sea. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Yu%20STL.jpg?h=396065f7&itok=Pvb1xFub)
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The USS Nimitz transits the South China Sea on February 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by David Rowe)
In the Media
![BERGEN, GERMANY - OCTOBER 17: The crew of a main battle tank Leopard 2 waiting for Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit at the Bundeswehr army training center in Ostenholz on October 17, 2022 near Hodenhagen, Germany. Scholz has vowed to modernize Germany's armed forces with a special EUR 100 billion budget following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by David Hecker/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.01.2023%20Boyse%20GIS.jpg?h=63d28dda&itok=13_RXle9)
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The crew of a Leopard 2 main battle tank waiting for Chancellor Olaf Scholz during his visit to the Bundeswehr army training center in Ostenholz, Germany, on October 17, 2022. (David Hecker via Getty Images)
![SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 19, 2022) – The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) for a replenishment-at-sea. Tulsa, part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 7, is on a rotational deployment, operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin M.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.01.2023%20Yu%20Steve%20Gruber.jpg?h=fa1c963e&itok=SZTBdx1v)
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The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart for a replenishment in the South China Sea on February 19, 2022. (US Navy photo by Devin M. Langer)
In the Media
![Nadia Schadlow (Screenshot via Foreign Policy/Vimeo)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/01.31.2023%20Schadlow%20FP.jpg?h=33ab5903&itok=qVFFm7da)
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(Screenshot via Foreign Policy/Vimeo)
In the Media
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem on January 31, 2023. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.01.2023%20Schachter%20Bloomberg.jpg?h=4b43426b&itok=zHOrNdj8)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 31, 2023. (State Department via Flickr)
In the Media
![Senior Airmen Davonte Martinez, left, and Victor Davis, right, both 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp operation specialists, load cargo during a security assistance mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Jan. 20, 2023. The Department of Defense is providing Ukraine with critical capabilities to defend against Russian aggression. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Heinrichs%20National%20Review.jpg?h=f728280d&itok=7prEl1FU)
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Airmen load cargo during a security assistance mission providing Ukraine with critical capabilities to defend against Russian aggression at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on January 20, 2023. (US Air Force photo by Marco A. Gomez)
Commentary
![Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09. Over 200 U.S. soldiers and approximately 650 German airmen will be participating in the realistic training within a combined construct, exercise the rigors associated with force projection and educate operators on their air missile defense systems. The 10th Army Air Missile Defense Command will deploy, operate and fire live](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.03.2023%20Rough%20McCullough.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=XIAKnD03)
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A US Army Patriot missile system launches a rocket as part of a NATO training exercise in Greece on November 11, 2017. (DVIDS)
![German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at Al Salam Palace in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2022. (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.27.2023%20Coffey%20Arab%20News.jpg.jpg?h=2f10cbfa&itok=kuzHATaP)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman at Al Salam Palace in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2022. (Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)