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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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Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan greets military personnel in Gedaref, Sudan, on April 10, 2024. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Protestors hold Russian and Chinese flags in Niamey, Niger, on August 20, 2023. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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A man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, Niger, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers escort civilian vehicles transporting goods from Beni toward Komanda on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the 2018 China-Africa Cooperation Summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 4, 2018. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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Citizens walk past a decorative installation for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on October 14, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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A view of Berbera Port and Berbera city on August 31, 2021. (Photo by Ed Ram/AFP via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Garrett Exner
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Joshua Meservey
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Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
