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An illustration photo shows the DeepSeek logo displayed on a smartphone in Shanghai, China, on March 27, 2025. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Russia
Russia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23, 2015 in central Moscow, Russia. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images)
Commentary
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US President Barack Obama answers a question on Syria during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister in Stockholm on September 4, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses citizens outside his residence at Kisikli Neighborhood following the failed coup attempt, in Istanbul, Turkey on July 16, 2016. (Elif Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry talking during an International Syria Support Group meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. (Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)
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Flowers at the Uzbek Embassy in Moscow in memory of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, September 3, 2016. (Alexander Shcherbak\TASS via Getty Images)
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (L) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 28, 2015. (STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish cleric and opponent to the Erdogan regime Fethullah G眉len adresses at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania on July 18, 2016. (THOMAS URBAIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) meets with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) outside Moscow in Novo-Ogarevo on March 19, 2010. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
