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Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky maneuvers during a routine armed air escort exercise on April 24, 2025. (US Navy photo)
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A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
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London during the Battle of Britain on September 7, 1940. (Keystone via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldier prepares a Bohdana artillery near Toretsk, Ukraine, on July 20, 2025. (Diego Herrera Carcedo via Getty Images)
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A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)
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Iranian rials banknote on the background of stock charts. (Anton Petrus via Getty Images)
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump shake hands during a meeting on September 27, 2024, in New York City. (Alex Kent via Getty Images)
Experts
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
