Eastern Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Guneyev/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei Guneyev/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Commentary
walter_russell_mead
walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
1 Min Read
KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 25: Smoke rises over hypermarket ‘Epicentr’ after Russian air attack on May 25, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. According to the city authorities, after the strike, a fire broke out on an area of 15,000 square meters, and there are civilian casualties. Epicentr K is a home improvement hypermarket chain in Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises over hypermarket ‘Epicentr’ after Russian air attack on May 25, 2024, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Commentary
arthur_herman
arthur_herman
Arthur Herman
Former Senior Fellow
Arthur Herman
5 Min Read
Will Putin Test NATO Article 5 in the Black Sea Region?
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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)
Commentary
Matthew Boyse Hudson Institute
Matthew Boyse Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
antonia
antonia
Antonia Colibasanu
Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
Matthew Boyse & Antonia Colibasanu
6 Min Read
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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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)
Reports
Matthew Boyse Hudson Institute
Matthew Boyse Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
scutaru
scutaru
George Scutaru
CEO, New Strategy Center, Romania
Mykhailo Samus
Mykhailo Samus
Mykhailo Samus
Director, New Geopolitics Research Network, Ukraine
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antonia
Antonia Colibasanu
Senior Associate Expert, New Strategy Center, Romania
Matthew Boyse, George Scutaru, Mykhailo Samus & Antonia Colibasanu
13 Min Read
A Swedish CB90-class fast assault crafts approaches the well deck of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), during small boat operations in support of Steadfast Defender 24, March 6, 2024. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danielle Serocki)
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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)
Reports
luke_coffey
luke_coffey
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Long Read
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