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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force Pilot taxis an F-22 Raptor at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury, March 15, 2026. (US Air Force )
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A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs overnight March 10 to 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A US Air Force F-16E Fighting Falcon aircraft refuels during Operation Epic Fury, March 2, 2026. (US Air Force)
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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter delivers cargo to the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford while underway during Operation Epic Fury, March 9, 2026. (US Navy)
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Lightning occurs when META 4, an oil products tanker, sails into Muscat Anchorage on March 21, 2026, at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman. (Getty Images)
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A F/A-18E prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 16, 2026. (US Navy)
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Experts
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
