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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Heads of state of the Organization of Turkic States are seen at the Heydar Aliyev Congress Center in Gabala, Azerbaijan, on October 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump arrives at a signing ceremony with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers practice building assault tactics on October 16, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Bridges are seen crossing the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in February 2017, with a road bridge in the foreground and rail bridge in the background. (Wikimedia Commons)
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A US tank staged during the Iron Spear Tank Competition in Adazi, Latvia, on November 19, 2025. (US Army)
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Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic, Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic, and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman initialize the Balkan Proximity Peace Talks Agreement on November 21, 1995, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. (Getty Images)
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AH-64 Apache helicopters depart a forward arming and refueling point to conduct aerial gunnery tables at Pabradė Training Area in Lithuania on September 9, 2025. (US Army)
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National ammunitions designed for F-35 warplanes by TUBITAK Defense Industries Research and Development Institute are displayed during the inauguration ceremony for National Technology Development Infrastructures in Ankara, Turkey, on October 31, 2018. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a trilateral signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
