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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Middle East
Middle East
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Peshmerga fighter flashes the V-sign after combat against Islamic State in Bashiqa, November 9, 2016 (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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John Bolton speaking at CPAC, February 24, 2017 (Photo by Gage Skidmore)
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President Trump meets with President Macron in Paris, July 13, 2017 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Satellite dishes displayed in street of the city of Shiraz before being destroyed by the Iranian army, September 28, 2013 (MOHSEN TAVARO/AFP/Getty Images)
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World leaders and delegates attend the the second day of the G20 economic summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017 (Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
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Israeli protesters demonstrate against a government decision to abandon a deal to allow women and men to pray together at the Western Wall, July 1, 2017 (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fourteen members of the Security Council raise their hands in affirmation of Resolution 2334, December 23, 2016 (Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
