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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to China's President Xi Jinping during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation leaders' summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 16, 2022. (Photo by Sergei Bobylov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken signs a book of condolence after the earthquake in Türkiye during his visit to the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
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The Grand Mosque of Tabriz in Iran's East-Azerbaijan province on April 24, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)
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The wall of separation between Israel and the Palestinian territories (Gerald Eddie via GettyImages)
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The Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai. (Unsplash)
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Indian Army field hospital medics treat an earthquake victim in Hatay, Turkey, on February 9, 2023. (@DrSJaishankar via Twitter)
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Nelson Mandela Stadium. (Flickr)
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The Iranian flag flies outside the country's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, on January 27, 2023. (Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)
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A Chinese flag flies in Beijing, China, on June 28, 2018. (DVIDS)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 31, 2023. (State Department via Flickr)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
