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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)
Middle East
Middle East
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley unveils previously classified information intending to prove Iran violated UNSCR 2231 by providing the Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, December 14, 2017 (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi rapid intervention forces advance as they take part in an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists east of Tuz Khurmatu, February 7, 2018 (MAHMUD SALEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mosul's Old City, on January 8, 2018, six months after Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from Islamic State group jihadists (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in response to the Iran Nuclear Deal on July 15, 2015 (Ken Cedeno/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Military parade in Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2016 (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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President Trump speaks about the Iran deal from the Diplomatic Reception room of the White House, October 13, 2017 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/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
