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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy, during Vice President JD Vance's speech on April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Getty Images)
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Armed members of Iran’s police special forces monitor an area while standing on an armored military vehicle in Tehran, Iran, on January 12, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media on March 22, 2026, in Dimona, Israel. (Getty Images)
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USS Abraham Lincoln conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz on April 16, 2026, in the Arabian Sea. (Getty Images)
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An oil tanker is being unloaded with imported crude oil at the Qingdao Port Oil Terminal in Shandong Province, China on April 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Ludovic Hood
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Nir Yaron
Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
