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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)
Middle East
Middle East
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses a joint session of Russian parliament in the Kremlin, Moscow, March 18, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
In the Media
In the Media
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A woman and child run through the smoke after an air-strike staged by Syrian regime forces in Duma district, Damascus, Syria on September 28, 2015. (Mohammed Khair/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
