Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara meet during the fourth edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Türkiye, on April 11, 2025. (Turkish Presidency via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump appears on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

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An illustration shows the Xiaomi logo displayed on a smartphone with the stock price chart in background in Chongqing, China, on April 1, 2025. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

A view of Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 17, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a joint press conference at the Vahdettin Mansion on July 8, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Ozan Guzelce via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Bryan Dozier/AFP via Getty Images)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a ceremony for signing bilateral agreements at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye, on February 18, 2025. (TUR Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu via Getty Images)