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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Smokes rise after Assad Regime forces carried out airstrikes in Eastern Ghouta, April 7, 2018 (Halil el-Abdullah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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President Macron boards a Dassault Rafale fighter jet at the International Paris Air Show, June 19, 2017 (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman during visit to the UK, March 9, 2018 (Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Kingdom Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
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
