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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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A 100 dollar banknote sticker at a money exchange office This picture taken on August 2, 2018 in Istanbul. (OZAN KOSE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)
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An American soldier watches over South Vietnamese refugees on a U.S. Navy boat off the coast of Vietnam, May 5, 1975. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
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An air crew assists evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)
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U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as delivers remarks on the U.S. military’s ongoing evacuation efforts in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on August 20, 2021 in Washington, DC (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Afghans make their way the road to the military entrance of the airport for evacuations, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)
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Taliban patrol in Herat city after took control in Herat, Afghanistan, on August 18, 2021 as Taliban take control of Afghanistan after 20 years. (Photo by Mir Ahmad Firooz Mashoof/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Afghans march down the street carrying banners and the flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, despite the presence of Taliban fighters around them, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021 (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Matthew Boyse
Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia
