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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
National Security and Defense
National Security and Defense
Commentary
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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a congress of the ruling United Russia party in Moscow, on September 23, 2011. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R), at the White House November 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference on January 17, 2016 in the capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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St. Elijah's Monastery, Mosul, Iraq, February 15, 2005, before its destruction. (Doug/Wikimedia)
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Screenshot of the Iranian news program that aired footage of the 10 U.S. sailors who were taken hostage. (Sepah News)
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B-52 Stratofortress refuels over the Pacific, April 2014. (US Air Force/Released)
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A North Korean Taepodong-class missile is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang on July 27, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
Marshall Billingslea
Senior Fellow
