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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Former US President Donald Trump points to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as he speaks on October 17, 2024, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago 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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Workers install a solar panel at the Adani Group–owned Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda on January 12, 2024. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
