Center on Europe and Eurasia

A serviceman of Ukraine's National Guard in a trench during a tactical exercise on July 22, 2024. (Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Ukrainian soldiers prepare the BM-21 artillery vehicle in its fighting position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on July 23, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian President Viktor Orban, and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 15, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)

Flags of Ukraine and NATO are seen outside a press conference of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 29 2024. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A Magura naval drone sails on April 13, 2024, in Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaces during his meeting with participants of the Russia International Exhibition-Forum on July 8, 2024, in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Peter Rough and Christopher Cavoli at the NATO Public Forum on July 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Madeline Yarbrough)

The view of a melting glacier in Svalbard, Norway, on June 22, 2024. (Photo by Zhao Dingzhe/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare a military intelligence drone for flight in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

US Army infantry soldiers wait for further instruction during a force on force exercise near Tapa, Estonia, on April 14, 2024. (US Army photo by Spc. Trey Gonzales)

A protester waves Georgian and European Union flags in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)