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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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Smoke billows in a neighbourhood called 17 Tammuz following a car bomb explosion, west of Mosul, on May 18, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Survivors of chemical gas attack gather to protest Assad regime at the Khan Shaykhun town's square in Idlib, Syria, April 7, 2017 (Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Israeli security forces inspect the scene of the Jaffa attack that claimed the life of Taylor Force, March 08, 2016 (Daniel Bar On/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens as US President George W. Bush speaks prior to signing HR 7222, Washington, DC, October 16, 2008 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry meet with a small group of veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, September 10, 2015 (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives via helicopter at Resolute Support headquarters on April 24, 2017 in in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)
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Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Mourners carry the coffins of the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria on April 10, 2017. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
