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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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Taliban security personnel stand guard atop armored Humvees along a road in the Green Zone area in Kabul on August 12, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev is greeted by North Korean Minister of Public Security Pang Tu-sop at Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea on April 20, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner fires a Tomahawk land-attack missile on March 1, 2026, at sea. (Getty Images)
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Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Ludovic Hood
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Nir Yaron
Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
