Center on Europe and Eurasia

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)

The Azerbaijan flag flies on top of Shirvanshahs’ Palace on September 20, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Getty Images)

A penthouse suite at a hotel in Nice, France, is seen on July 29, 2025. (Getty Images)

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)

A counter small unmanned aircraft system program monitors the skies for adversary drones during Astral Knight 24 at Powidz Air Base in Poland on May 13, 2024. (US Air Force)

(Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe)

European Union flags are seen at the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels on July 14, 2025. (Getty Images)

A light rail train is lifted onto the track in Astana, Kazakhstan, on October 19, 2025. (Getty Images)

Demonstrators protest near Tower Bridge over plans to build a new Chinese embassy at Royal Mint Court on March 15, 2025, in London. (Getty Images)

A worker carries out daily tasks at a gas facility on February 28, 2025, in Velke Kapusany, Slovakia. (Getty Images)

The European Union flag is displayed at U-Power Stadium in Monza, Italy, on September 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

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)