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The “Sachsen” (R), "Bayern" (C) and "" frigates of the German Navy sail during the Andoya "Missile Firing Exercise 2025“ military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025 near Harstad, Norway. Nine ships and one submarine of the German Navy are participating in the live-fire exercise, during which they will launch anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles as well as anti-submarine torpedoes. The exercise is taking place from October 6-30 and is the biggest live-fire missile exercise of the German Navy in 30

The “Sachsen”, "Bayern", and frigates of the German Navy sail during a military exercise in the North Sea on October 13, 2025, near Harstad, Norway. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How We Turn the Northern Sea Route Into an Advantage

Liselotte Odgaard

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Liselotte Odgaard

Commentary

Apr 24, 2026

Commentary

8 Min Read

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

A soldier with the call sign ''Pavuk'' (''Spider'') watches a drone take off from a ground robotic complex during trials at a training ground on April 10, 2026. Developers of the robotic systems, along with soldiers from two brigades operating in the Zaporizhzhia direction, test unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) at the site. Combat medics also train in operating logistical platforms. Before deployment in combat, the UGVs are first tested by the developers themselves, followed by the military. (Photo by Dmytro

A Ukrainian soldier watches a drone take off from a ground robotic complex during trials at a training ground on April 10, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Ukraine Military Situation Report | April 22

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Commentary

Apr 22, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

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Podcast

Trump vs. Pope

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Podcast

Apr 22, 2026

Podcast

US Vice President JD Vance (R) exchanges remarks with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (L) during a bilateral meeting held at the Chief of Mission's residence at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP) (Photo by IAN LANGSDON/AFP via Getty Images)

Vice President JD Vance speaking with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the US embassy in Paris on February 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Real Transatlantic Divide Is About More than Trump

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Commentary

Apr 21, 2026

Commentary

4 Min Read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump following their meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S. proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky listens during a press conference with President Donald Trump on December 28, 2025. (Getty Images)

Podcast

US Policy on Ukraine at the Crosroads

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Podcast

Apr 21, 2026

Podcast

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with the German chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin on April 14, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Blueprint for Ambitious Ukraine-Gulf Ties

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Commentary

Apr 20, 2026

Commentary

5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV is pictured inside the Church of Our lady of Muxima, during his apostolic journey in Africa, in Muxima, Angola, on April 19, 2026. (Photo by Guglielmo Mangiapane / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV inside the Church of Our Lady of Muxima on April 19, 2026. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Behind the Feud Behind Trump and Leo XIV

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Commentary

Apr 20, 2026

Commentary

1 Min Read

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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

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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