Eastern Europe

Luke Coffey Arab News November 2025
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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)
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Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a trilateral signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a trilateral signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Washington Free Beacon: Propagandists on Parade  By Mike Watson  September 6, 2025
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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, National Leader and Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev meet at a high-level trilateral summit in the Awaza National Tourism Zone of Turkmenistan on August 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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luke_coffey
luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)
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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit, in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Maxim Shmetov/AFP via Getty)
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luke_coffey
luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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