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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin sits in a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region on August 12, 2024, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar in the direction of Kreminna, Ukraine, on August 26, 2024. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A man passes by a building covered with photos of hostages who have been released or are still being held in the Gaza Strip, on March 26, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the soldiers in the Kupiansk frontline on November 30, 2023, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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United States and Israeli flags are seen in Manhattan, New York, on July 6, 2024. (Beata Zawrzel via Getty Images)
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Kyiv residents attend a flag-raising ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 23, 2024. (Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Jerusalem on August 4, 2024. (Naama Grynbaum/AFP via Getty Images)
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David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
