
Caption
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
historian and Arabist and a PhD candidate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Univeristy of Leuven
Pieter Van Ostaeyen is an historian and Arabist and a PhD candidate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Univeristy of Leuven (KU Leuven).
Pieter Van Ostaeyen is an historian and Arabist and a PhD candidate in Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Univeristy of Leuven (KU Leuven).