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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hands over a letter to US President Donald Trump as they meets at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks following a meeting with US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the US Capitol on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 24, 2018. (Giuseppe Cacace via Getty Images)
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (not pictured) hold a joint press conference following their meeting at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on June 27, 2025. (Bay Ismoyo via Getty Images)
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Maxar satellite imagery provides a wide overview of the Fordow nuclear complex in Iran on June 27, 2025. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Jonathan Hessen
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
