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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes addresses the media at the Edgartown School on August 22, 2014 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
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Thousands of protesters storm parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone on April 30, 2016. (Haydar Hadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Fighters from Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front drive in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo flying Islamist flags as they head to a frontline, on May 26, 2015. (Fadi al-Halabi/AFP/Getty Images)
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View of the city of Monastir and of the mosque, Monastir Governorate, Tunisia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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Place Jemaa El Fna (Djemaa El Fna), August 12, 2012. (Godong/UIG via Getty Images)
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Saudi Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman (2nd L), who is the desert kingdom's deputy crown prince, at the 4th Summit of Arab States and South American countries in Riyadh, on November 11, 2015. (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian protester chants during a protest following midday prayers in Tahrir Square on September 14, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. (Ed Giles/Getty Images)
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A truck used to carry sand for fracking is washed in a truck stop on February 4, 2015 in Odessa, Texas. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
