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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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Desert wildflowers bloom on March 12, 2005 in Death Valley National Park, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
Commentary
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A US flag flutters at The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial of Marnes-la-Coquette, east of Paris, on November 11, 2013. (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden walk into the Rose Garden of the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on June 19, 2014 in Century City, California. (Angela Weiss/Getty Images)
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A young woman next to a satirical portrait of U.S. President Barack Obama while marching in support of the legalization of marijuana on August 7, 2010 in Berlin, Germany.(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba speaks during a press conference during the 'Friends of Syria' meeting on May 15, 2014 in London, England. (Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama gives the commencement address at the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on May 28, 2014 in West Point, New York. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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US space shuttle Discovery heads for space at Kennedy Space Center as it and its seven person crew begin a mission to the International Space Station, April 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO Bruce WEAVER (BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
