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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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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, on February 14, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Black smoke billows from an Israeli air strike on an alleged pro-Iranian Hezbollah target in southern Beirut on March 4, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Air Force Gen. Dan Caine conducts a press briefing on Operation Epic Fury at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. (US Navy)
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US sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026. (US Navy)
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Vehicles drive along an expressway as smoke rises after an air strike in Tehran on March 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A view of an Iranian missile after it fell near Qamishli International Airport, near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, on March 4, 2026, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. (Getty Images)
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Naval units from Iran and Russia carry out joint drills near the Strait of Hormuz in Iran on February 19, 2026. (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
