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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden participates in a phone call with Quint leaders Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 9, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Adam Schultz via Flickr)
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Israeli security forces go on patrol on October 11, 2023, in Sderot, Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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The Mohajer 6 drone is displayed during Iran's defence industry achievements exhibition on August 23, 2023, in Tehran, Iran. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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A veiled Iranian woman holds an effigy of US President Joe Biden while standing in front of a portrait of the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, and an image of al-Aqsa mosque during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
