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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
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A Ukrainian man stands in the rubble in Zhytomyr on March 02, 2022, following a Russian bombing the day before. (Photo by Emmanuel Duparcq/AFP via Getty Images)
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Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles take part in a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, on Oct. 1, 2019. (Getty Images)
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A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing flies at a high altitude during a mission over the Baltic Sea, Oct. 23, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Trevor T. McBride)
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U.S. servicemen walk through rain and strong winds with an AIM-120 missile on January 31, 2006. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric T. Sheler)
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Military vehicles carrying DF-100 ground-based land-attack missiles participate in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Military vehicles carrying DF-17 missiles participate in a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Titan nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile in silo. Green Valley, AZ. (Michael Dunning/Getty Images)
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Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi chairs a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Aug. 8. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
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The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters ahead of a press conference by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, about the agency's monitoring of Iran's nuclear energy program on M
Experts
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
