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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
Iran
Iran
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 7, 2026.(Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on August 21, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A sculpture overlooks the Strait of Hormuz in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on August 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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The crude oil tanker Giannis unloads its cargo of Middle Eastern crude at the Agioi Theodoroi Motor Oil Terminal near Corinth, Greece, on August 24, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin walks with China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
