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A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Indonesian Muslims wearing masks and maintaining social distance perform Friday prayer at the At-Tin Grand Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia on June 5, 2020. (Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The sun sets as the Turkish Navy’s training ship TCG Cezayirli Hasan Pasa sets sail in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, October 12, 2020.
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A view of a make-shift chapel on an Armenian frontline position on October 20, 2020 near Aghdam, Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 5.
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A processing rig by Israel’s Leviathan natural-gas field near the city of Caesarea on January 31, 2019.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks remotely to the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22.
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Afghan security officials patrolled a highway in the southern province of Helmand in August. The province is a Taliban stronghold.
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Interior of Vank Cathedral, Isfahan, Iran
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Emmanuel Macron President of the French Republic on February 27, 2020 in Naples, Italy.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016.
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
