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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Natalie Arbatman
Research Associate, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
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
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Nir Yaron
Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East