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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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A man walks in front of the destroyed Sakina Shrine on December 25, 2024, in Damascus, Syria. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon holds a map during a United Nations Security Council meeting concerning the situation in the Middle East on April 26, 2018, in New York City. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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People attend the first Sunday mass in Aleppo, Syria, since the rebel forces deposed the Assad regime on December 15, 2024. (Burak Kara via Getty Images)
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Antony Blinken meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Turkey on December 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via 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
