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Taliban security personnel stand guard at a checkpoint during snowfall in Kabul on January 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Residents wave Somaliland flags to celebrate Israel’s recognition of the republic in downtown Hargeisa, Somaliland, on December 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Children who were released after being kidnapped get out of a minibus upon their arrival at the Niger State Government House in Minna, Nigeria, on December 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Motor bike riders drive past Kofar Kade, a city gate in ancient Sokoto, Nigeria, on September 21, 2021. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House on November 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
