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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
People's Liberation Army Honor Guard attend a flag-raising ceremony at the Tiananmen Square to mark the seventy-second anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2021, in Beijing, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
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People's Liberation Army Honor Guard attend a flag-raising ceremony at the Tiananmen Square to mark the seventy-second anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 2021, in Beijing, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
Commentary
miles_yu
miles_yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
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Kyiv Ukraine Russian Shelling
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Ukrainian soldiers comb through wreckage after Russian shelling in Kyiv on June 26, 2022. (Kyiv City State Administration via Wikimedia Commons)
Commentary
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
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Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri
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Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri photographed in 2001. (Hamid Mir via Wikimedia Commons http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/pakistan/main/2011/05/03/feature-02)
In the Media
husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
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