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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Fab 20, which specializes in the production of 2-nanometer advanced chips, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on March 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan welcomes US Vice President JD Vance prior to their meeting in Yerevan on February 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Flags of Russia and Belarus fly in the wind during joint Russian-Belarusian military drills in Minsk, on September 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar greets supporters outside the Hungarian Parliament on May 9, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images)
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The 11th Three Seas Initiative Summit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on April 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on April 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Election winner and leader of Hungary’s TISZA party, Peter Magyar, during a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The Hercegovina Bridge along the Pocitelj-Zvirovici subsection of the pan-European Corridor Vc highway, in September. 4, 2024, in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Getty Images)
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Viktor Orbán speaks to the media after he cast his ballot in the Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. (Getty Images)
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An oil refinery operates 24 hours a day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tomáš Pojar
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center on Europe and Eurasia
