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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)

Election winner and leader of Hungary’s TISZA party, Peter Magyar, during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)

USS Abraham Lincoln conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz on April 16, 2026, in the Arabian Sea. (Getty Images)

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a press conference with President Donald Trump on December 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with the German chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin on April 14, 2026. (Getty Images)