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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations (UN) Security Council on February 11, 2020 in New York City.
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China's President Xi Jinping and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on March 21, 2017. (ETIENNE OLIVEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi speaks during a news conference in Bucharest, Romania, in June 2019.
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U.S. and Turkish tactical vehicles take a defensive posture during rehearsals at Gaziantep, Turkey, Oct. 14, 2018.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is greeted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street on September 5, 2019 in London, England.
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Pump jacks are seen on the Bakken Shale Formation, near Williston, North Dakota, September 6, 2016.
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Marc Chagall’s Self-Portrait with Easel, 1919. Jewish Museum.
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
