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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Maxar satellite imagery from December 12, 2024, of Iran's new drone ship (known as the Shahid Bagheri) is anchored offshore near the Iranian naval port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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A woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast of a North Korean military parade showcasing a record number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles in Seoul on February 9, 2023. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Army trainees compete against each other on the Fit to Win obstacle course during basic training at Fort Jackson on September 28, 2022, in Columbia, South Carolina. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Presidential advisor Henry A. Kissinger gestures as he talks with President Nixon late November 25th at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on February 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, speaks in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 4, 2023. (Getty Images)
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People watch as they secure an area before handing over Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Drone operators are seen working near the front line in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on February 12, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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David Asher
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Distinguished Fellow
