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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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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force B-2 Spirit aircraft departs Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, on October 2, 2025. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hastings)
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A Synagogue desecrated by Arab rioters in Hebron in 1929. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Protesters block a road on January 8, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
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A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
