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A robot from AgiBot is seen during the Global Developer Conference, organized by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. (Hector Retamal via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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A rally held in Tehran on February 11, 2010 to mark the 31st anniversary of the revolution. (Getty Images)
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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House November 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images)
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Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous off the port of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on June 19, 2019. The tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week by limpet mine resembling Iranian mines. (MUMEN KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, on June 21, 2017 in Ramallah, West Bank. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump signs with US Vice President Mike Pence and US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin at the White House on June 24, 2019, 'hard-hitting sanctions' on Iran's supreme leader. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
