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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
Middle East
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Syrian fighters attend a mock battle in anticipation of an attack by the regime on Idlib province during a graduation of new HTS members at a camp in the countryside of the northern Idlib province August 14, 2018. (Getty Images)
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U.S. army soldiers look at anti-missile system David's Sling during the joint Israeli-U.S. military training "Juniper Cobra" at the Hatzor Airforce Base in Israel on March 8, 2018.(JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Iranian woman walks past a mural painting of the Islamic republic's national flag in central Tehran on November 21, 2019.
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
