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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from King Abdulaziz International Airport on July 16, 2022. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)
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An Iranian-made surface-to-surface missile is displayed next to the Azadi tower during a rally to mark the forty-forth anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution on February 11, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Taliban fighters by Lake Qargha in a western suburb of Kabul City on September 17, 2021. (Kaveh Kazemi via Getty Images)
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Iranian-Christian people at the Saint Gregory church during the New Year mass prayer ceremony in Tehran, January 1, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Cuban capitol building in Havana, Cuba. (Getty Images)
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Joe Biden shake hands at the start of the first plenary session of the NATO summit in Madrid on June 29, 2022. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images)
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Reform supporters wrapped in Israeli flags look on during a pro-reform demonstration in front of the Knesset, Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023. (Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
