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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks as part of the forty-fourth anniversary events of the Iranian Revolution in Tehran, Iran on February 8, 2023. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides presents his credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 5, 2021. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)
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The Israeli Knesset on February 16, 2022. (US Embassy Jerusalem via Flickr)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Bobylov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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The Grand Mosque of Tabriz in Iran's East-Azerbaijan province on April 24, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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The wall of separation between Israel and the Palestinian territories (Gerald Eddie via GettyImages)
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The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. (Unsplash)
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Indian Army field hospital medics treat an earthquake victim in Hatay, Turkey, on February 9, 2023. (@DrSJaishankar via Twitter)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
