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This photograph shows a Dassault Rafale aircraft parked on the tarmac of the French Air and Space Force Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, France, on March 18, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian infantry in the trenches during their battle against the Austro-Hungarian army on the eastern front in World War I in August 1914. (Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference a day after Japan's lower house election on October 28, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon via Getty Images)
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State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel on October 1, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)
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Former President Donald Trump walks off stage at the end of a campaign rally on October 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
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Illustration of four of the United States Founding Fathers,1774. (Getty Images)
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American flags are seen waving during a Naturalization Ceremony at Liberty State Park on September 17, 2024, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
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Activists of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party take part in a public rally in Lahore on September 21, 2024. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)
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Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Jeremy Hunt
Media Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Marshall Kosloff
Media Fellow
