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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Fab 20, which specializes in the production of 2-nanometer advanced chips, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on March 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Representatives from more than a dozen foreign diplomatic missions and the media view damage at sites previously targeted by US-Israeli strikes, on April 20, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)
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News footage on a giant screen outside a shopping mall in Beijing shows China's President Xi Jinping speaking on April 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An Emirates aircraft prepares for landing as a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US forces patrol the Arabian Sea near M/V Touska on April 20, 2026, after firing upon the Iranian-flagged vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. (Getty Images)
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Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Jefferson City and a harbor patrol boat at Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam, April 20, 2026. (US Navy)
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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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US and Taiwan flags fly outside the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taoyuan on March 30, 2026. (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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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
