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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on April 22, 2026. (Photo by TUR Presidency / Murat Kula / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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)

Commentary

The Inescapable Truth of Euro-Atlantic Defense: No Way Forward Without Türkiye

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Apr 23, 2026

Commentary

6 Min Read

Election winner and leader of Hungary's TISZA party Peter Magyar answers journalists' questions during a press conference following the first official meeting of TISZA's new parliamentary group at the HUNGEXPO Congress and Exhibition Center in Budapest, Hungary, on April 20, 2026. Hungary's nationalist long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orban lost on April 12, 2026 to political newcomer, conservative pro-EU Peter Magyar, whose party won a two-thirds parliamentary majority in a vote marked by record turnout in

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

Commentary

Change in Hungary Offers Trump and the US New Opportunities

Daniel Kochis

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Daniel Kochis

Commentary

Apr 23, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

The Eight Countries That Could Swing the Global Power Balance

Ken Moriyasu

Senior Fellow

Ken Moriyasu

In the Media

Apr 17, 2026

In the Media

(What Really Matters Logo)

Testimony

What Orban Meant

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Testimony

Apr 17, 2026

Testimony

1 Min Read

Sept. 4, 2024 shows the Hercegovina Bridge along the Pocitelj - Zvirovici subsection project, part of the pan-European Corridor Vc highway, in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH. A subsection of a new highway in Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH, constructed by a consortium of Chinese and Azerbaijani companies, opened on Thursday. According to representatives from one of the constructors China State Construction Engineering Corporation CSCEC, the Pocitelj - Zvirovici subsection project, part of the pan-European

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)

Commentary

Black Sea-Caspian Region and the Eurasian Chessboard

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Commentary

Apr 16, 2026

Commentary

1 Min Read

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to the media after he cast his ballot in Hungarian parliamentary elections on April 12, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. Orban, who has been in power for 16 years, is going into the election trailing challenger Peter Magyar, lead candidate of the Tisza party, (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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)

Commentary

The Curtain Falls for Hungary’s Orbán

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Commentary

Apr 14, 2026

Commentary

1 Min Read

An oil refinery operates 24 hours a day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 25, 2026. (Getty Images)

In the Media

Iran, Hormuz, and Global Energy Risks

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

In the Media

Apr 1, 2026

In the Media

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)

Reports

The Quick and the Dead: How Adaptation in Contact Drives Military Advantage

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Ian Crone

Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark, Ian Crone & Dan Patt

Reports

Mar 16, 2026

Reports

5 Min Read

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)

Reports

Georgia’s Iranian Turn: Tehran’s Rapid Expansion of Influence in a Once-Committed US Ally

Giorgi Kandelaki

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Giorgi Kandelaki & Luke Coffey

Reports

Mar 3, 2026

Reports

5 Min Read

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Nightmare Scenario for Iran

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Commentary

Jan 23, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

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)

Commentary

Why the US Must Include the Organization of Turkic States in Its Central Asia Policy

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Commentary

Jan 13, 2026

Commentary

7 Min Read

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)

Commentary

Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Process Requires Momentum