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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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A family rides past a billboard featuring Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, and US Vice President JD Vance at the Lake Lucerne summit in Switzerland on July 7, 2026. (Getty Images)
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet is seen on October 13, 2025, on the USS Gerald R. Ford. (US Navy)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump at the White House during his visit to Washington, DC, on July 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian ballistic missile strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 flies in formation over USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Arabian Sea on June 30, 2026. (US Navy)
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers a speech at City Hall on July 3, 2026, in New York City. (Getty Images)
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Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
Ludovic Hood
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
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
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Nir Yaron
Visiting Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
