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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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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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Abuja City, Nigeria (Getty Stock Photo)
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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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Catholics gather for a mass at the Church of the Assumption in Lagos on April 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walk past the National Christian Church in the central business district of Abuja, Nigeria, on May 21, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress prepares to land at Morón Air Base in Spain on November 8, 2025, as part of Bomber Task Force 26-1. (US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa)
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James Barnett
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Garrett Exner
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Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
