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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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A priest recites the stations of the cross prayers at the Holy Cross Cathedral in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 24, 2023. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mohammadu Buhtari. (Heinrich Boll-Stiftung via Flickr)
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High-rise buildings in Luanda, Angola, on August 25, 2022. (John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rep. Chris Smith testifies in the US House of Representatives on September 28, 2022. (Screenshot via C-SPAN)
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Christians pray in Abeokuta, Nigeria, on November 1, 2020. (Unsplash)
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The second oil well drilled, outside of the Otuabagi community, continues to leak crude despite being capped in Bayelsa, Nigeria. (James Barnett via New Lines Magazine)
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ikazuchi transits Uraga Channel in front of Mt. Fuji on February 17, 2016. (US Navy photo by William McGough)
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Nigerian soldiers pose during a demonstration of force against Boko Haram militants in Kelouri, Nigeria, on February 29, 2016. (VOA/Nicolas Pinault via Wikimedia Commons)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
