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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer via Getty Images)
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An Israeli flag flutters on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from Tehran, Iran, after Israeli strikes early on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Soldiers of the rocket artillery battery of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade carry out a combat mission with a Grad MLR in the Velykomykhailivka direction in Odesa region, Ukraine, on June 6, 2025. (Ukrinform via Getty Images)
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A reservist from the 'Sky Rider' Unit launches an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle known as the Skylark, for an operation near the Gaza border on December 11, 2023, in Southern Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2025. (Iranian Leader Press Office via Getty Images)
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey stand in front of a Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet on the flight deck of the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales on April 24, 2025. (Richard Pohle via Getty Images)
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Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
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A Chinese warship is seen sailing in the West Philippine Sea, on April 27, 2025. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)
Experts
David Byrd
Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Bryan Clark
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
Jack David
Senior Fellow and Trustee
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
