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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
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Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina welcomes Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas in Riga, Latvia, on May 6, 2024. (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bosnian soldiers take a part in military exercise on November 30, 2021, near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo by Damir Sagolj/Getty Images)
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A small boat transfers a Romanian boarding team from Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) ship ROS Regele Ferdinand to SNMG2 flagship HMS Duncan on February 7, 2018. (NATO photo by GBRN LPhot Paul Hall)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a naval exercise from the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser in the Black Sea on January 9, 2020. (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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US Soldiers participate in closing ceremonies for Iron Sword 2014 in Pabrade, Lithuania, on November 13, 2014. (DVIDS)
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A Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft approaches the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall during exercise Steadfast Defender 24 on March 6, 2024, in the Norwegian Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danielle Serocki)
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A general view of the city Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 25, 2023. (Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Landing Craft Utility 1659 enters the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall in the Atlantic Ocean on January 26, 2024. (Danielle Serocki via DVIDS)
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Experts
Daniel Kochis
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
