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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Osama bin Laden at Al-Qaeda training camp, June 19, 2001 (AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli Navy vessels patrolling the Gaza border in 2014 (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Trump delivers remarks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, May 8, 2018 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks on the Iran deal at the Heritage Foundation, May 21, 2018 (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Saudi women staff members at a movie theater in Riyadh after opening for the general public, April 30, 2018 (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/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
