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The USS Gerald R. Ford transits the Strait of Gibraltar on October 1, 2025. (US Navy)

A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank prepares to engage simulated targets during exercise Combined Resolve 26-07 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on April 28, 2026. (US Army)

A NATO flag flies in the wind in front of the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar greets supporters outside the Hungarian Parliament on May 9, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images)

Roads and railways that pass through the Zangezur Corridor, which will connect to Nakhchivan and will be one of the routes of the Middle Corridor, are being constructed on October 9, 2023, in Zangilan, Azerbaijan. (Getty Images)

A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany on May 19, 2025. (US Air Force)

Peter Rough at the latest Foro La Toja - Vínculo Atlántico gathering in Lisbon. (Agenda Pública)

US soldiers stage Stryker vehicles and perform maintenance checks before convoy operations across Germany in support of Sword 26 at Vilseck, Germany, on April 27, 2026. (US Army Reserve)

A Belarusian soldier takes part in the Zapad-2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, Belarus, on September 15, 2025. (Getty Images)

The 11th Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on April 28, 2026. (Getty Images)

King Charles III and President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle during the President’s state visit to the UK on September 18, 2025, in Windsor, England. (Getty Images)

A view of Praia de Azurara, Portugal on April 19, 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)