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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo deliver remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. (State Department photo by Michael Gross/ Public Domain)
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Smoke billows following Turkish bombardment on Syria’s northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on October 9, 2019. (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish Armed Forces' armoured vehicles and armored personnel carriers, move towards to Turkey's Syrian border as they are being dispatched to support the units at the border, in Kilis, Turkey on October 09, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The Israeli and United States flags are projected on the walls of the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City, to mark one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 15, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI/Getty Images)
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Turkish army soldiers drive towards the border with Syria near Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on October 8, 2019. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Afghan Security personnel inspect the scene of a suicide bomb blast targeted a Police vehicle on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 13 June 2019. (Wali Sabawoon/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
