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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (R) and U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad (L) shake hands as they exchange peace agreement documents during the signing ceremony on February 29, 2020 in Doha, Qatar
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Displaced Syrians walk on the road at village of Atmeh which hosts nearly 2 million displaced Syrians on February 20, 2020 in Idlib, Syria.
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Ehsanullah Ehsan
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view of the damage at Ain al-Asad military airbase housing US and other foreign troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
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Iranian Armenian Christians pray in front of an altar in Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran, Iran on September 27, 2018
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
