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A digital display stock index is seen in Lujiazui, China, on March 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Lightning occurs when META 4, an oil products tanker, sails into Muscat Anchorage on March 21, 2026, at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman. (Getty Images)
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A F/A-18E prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 16, 2026. (US Navy)
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The Al Khobar Water Tower located in Al Khobar Corniche, Saudi Arabia. (Getty Images)
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A woman holds up a sign that reads "anti-semitism kills" between police officers as people take part in a Hanukkah candle-lighting in central London on December 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache attack helicopter fires rockets on March 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flies over the US Central Command area of responsibility during Operation Epic Fury, March 9, 2026. (US Air Force)
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President Donald Trump speaks to journalists on March 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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US Sailors conduct a routine ordnance inspection on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford on March 17, 2026. (US Navy)
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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
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
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
