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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 handwrites a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, July 8, 2022, to offer his condolences following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
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A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi during their meeting on the sidelines of the 6th Caspian Summit in Ashgabat on June 29, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK / AFP via Getty Images)
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The Blue Mosque in Istanbul on June 14, 2022. (Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)
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Michael R. Pompeo delivering a speech at Hudson Institute. (Cherie Cullen).
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the opening of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, via video link, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 23, 2021. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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President Joe Biden reads a document during a personnel meeting Thursday, June 2, 2022, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
