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President Donald Trump pose with NATO heads of state and government at the Hague on June 25, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A launcher carrying what analysts have said is a mock-up of the KN-08 ICBM moves through Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, as part of a military parade. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)
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French President Francois Hollande, center, inspects a model of the Royal Australian Navy's Collins class submarine during a visit to French defense contractor Thales' office in Sydney on Nov. 18, 2014. (Dan Himbrechts - Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 launch from the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, May 1, 2015. (DoD/Released)
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The flag of the European Union flies from the European Parliament information office in the European Quarter on February 25, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. (Ben Pruchnie/Getty Images)
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HMAS Melbourne conducting Maritime security Operations in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. (Handout/Royal Australian Navy)
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Syrian opposition members inspect the site of a suspected chlorine gas attack by Assad regime forces in Jobar region of Damascus, Syria on November 13, 2014. (Lokman Sair/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)
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General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, P.I. October 1944. (Marion Doss/Flickr)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
