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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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A one Euro coin is seen on August 31, 2026, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in front of the city’s banking district skyline. (Getty Images)
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Finland’s President Alexander Stubb addresses journalists following a telephone call between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, on October 27, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Firefighters deal with the aftermath of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on September 8, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Military vehicles from the US Army, British Army’s Light Dragoons, and Romanian Armed Forces—which are all part of the NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group-Poland—maneuver during a Polish Armed Forces Day parade in Orzysz, Poland, on August 16, 2026. (US Army Reserve)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects the workshop of the GAZ automobile plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on August 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian officer trains recruit to shoot down front-line drones with shotguns, on July 21, 2026 in the Dnipro region, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Davos, Switzerland, on January 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Rumen Radev looks on as he addresses the media after casting his ballot at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev attends the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, on July 8, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A combine harvester gathers crops in Farbovane, Ukraine, near Kyiv on July 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide pray at the graves of their loved ones at the Potocari Memorial Cemetery in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
