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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
Europe
Europe
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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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A major fire burns in eastern Moscow on May 17, 2026, hours after a heavy Ukrainian drone attack. (Getty Images)
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A US Army air defense artilleryman works to place a Patriot missile system into operation on March 13, 2026. (US Army)
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Volunteers weaving camouflage nets at a community center in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 11, 2026. (Andrew Wilson)
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A NATO flag flies in the wind in front of the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump pose with NATO heads of state and government at the Hague on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An interceptor drone is launched as Ukrainian forces counter incoming aerial threats near the Donetsk front line on May 12, 2026, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (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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Roads and railways that pass through the Zangezur Corridor, which will connect to Nakhchivan and will be one of the routes of the Middle Corridor, are being constructed on October 9, 2023, in Zangilan, Azerbaijan. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker takes off from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany on May 19, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Two men point at a map in an office on the grounds of the Saritag antimony mine in western Tajikistan on August 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Luke Coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Tsiporah Fried
Visiting Senior Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
