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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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Egyptians look at a row of portraits of Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Alexandria, Egypt (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli paratroopers, December 28, 2010 in Negev desert near Beer Sheva, Israel (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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Members of the Pakistan Christian Democratic alliance march during a protest in Lahore on December 25, 2010, in support of Asia Bibi (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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Saudi (green) and US flags flutter on light poles on June 2, 2009 in preparation for the visit of US President Barack Obama on June 3. (MIDO AHMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Obama and Saudi Arabian King Abdullah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud, Oval Office of the White House, June 29, 2010, Washington, DC (Roger L. Wollenberg-Pool/Getty Images)
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President Obama with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House March 17, 2014 in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, January 31, 2014 (UNRWA via Getty Images)
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Rebel fighters inspecting the wreckage of a Syrian army helicopter after Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'s fighters allegedly destroyed it when they left the Meng Military Airport, Aleppo, March 1, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-KHATIEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian soldiers are seen standing guard in military vehicles in Cairo's Tahrir square on January 26, 2014 the day after thousands of demonstrators protested in the square. (AHMED TARANH/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
