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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US Air Force aircraft are parked on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on February 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Caption Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 13, 2018. (Getty Images)
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Two F/A-18 Super Hornets launch from the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 3, 2026. (US Navy photo)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
