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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pose for a group photo with other leaders at the Third Belt and Road Forum on October 18, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Suo Takekuma/Pool via Getty Images)
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Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
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A member of the Israeli forces runs past a fire raging in a house in Ashkelon following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabi/AFP via Getty Images)
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg hold a press conference on April 14, 2021, at NATO's headquarters in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Yemenis walk past an installation depicting military drones in Sanaa on November 16, 2023, in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
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Protesters during a rally in support of Palestinians at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on November 12, 2023. (Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images)
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Soldiers from an Israeli artillery unit wait for orders to fire from the Israeli side of the border toward the Gaza Strip on November 6, 2023, in southern Israel. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Family and friends attend the funeral of an Israeli soldier who was killed in the Gaza war on November 8, 2023. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow
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
