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After-effects of Assad regime forces' air-strike in Douma District of East Ghouta region of Damascus, Syria on August 24, 2015. (Motaseem Rashed/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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After-effects of Assad regime forces' air-strike in Douma District of East Ghouta region of Damascus, Syria on August 24, 2015. (Motaseem Rashed/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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Then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C), Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (R) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (C), Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (R) and former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) at the gas compressor station 'Portovaya' outside Vyborg, September 6, 2011. (ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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