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The New Department of War logo at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
North Africa
North Africa
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Algerian border guards patrol the border with Morocco on November 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo in Hunan, China on June 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Leaders of BRICS countries attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Coptic Orthodox Christians gather for an Easter service at the Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner, located in the Mokattam Mountain area of Cairo, on April 19, 2025. (Ahmed Sayed via Getty Images)
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Brahim Ghali, president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) salutes the SADR flag on January 13, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Yemenis participate in a demonstration on August 23, 2024, in Sana'a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud via Getty Images)
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Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan greets military personnel in Gedaref, Sudan, on April 10, 2024. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Citizens walk past a decorative installation for the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on October 14, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
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A view of Berbera Port and Berbera city on August 31, 2021. (Photo by Ed Ram/AFP via Getty Images)
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Leadership from Camp Lemonnier and Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa attend a graduation ceremony and skills demonstration for the Somalian Police Force at the Djibouti Police Academy on April 9, 2019. (Joe Rullo via DVIDS)
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Experts
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
