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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Michael Rubin is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Michael Rubin is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
While Iran is using home-grown Shia Islamists to undermine the secular nature of Azerbaijan, the growing influence of Salafi groups in the North Cauca