Center on Europe and Eurasia

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the awarding ceremony at the Moscow State University, on January 24, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers work on a Soviet era Pion self propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on January 27, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Participants sit in front of the NATO logo during the NATO summit in Newport, South Wales, on September 4, 2014. (Maurizio Gambarini via Getty Images)

Georgian opposition supporters protest results of the parliamentary elections in central Tbilisi, Georgia, on October 28, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images)

A Ukrainian serviceman fires a rocket-propelled grenade launcher on January 6, 2025, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Roman Chop via Getty Images)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk walks prior to the start of the European Union Summit on February 2, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse via Getty Images)

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze holds a briefing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 4, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers prepare artillery in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on December 10, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Giorgia Meloni in the courtyard of Palazzo Chigi before a meeting on December 4, 2024, in Rome, Italy. (Simona Granati/Corbis via Getty Images)

Riot police stand on the sidelines of a protest in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 29, 2024. (Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)

Fireworks launched explode along police lines amid ongoing mass demonstrations against the Georgian government's decision to suspend European Union membership talks in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 1, 2024. (Giorgi Arjevanidze via Getty Images)

Delegates attend the second meeting of North Atlantic Council of foreign ministers on December 4, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)