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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford (C) arrives at a closed briefing for Senate members May 21, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Former Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani (C) attends Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's in Tehran, Iran on September 18, 2016. (Anadolu Agency/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
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
