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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump leaves after announcing his decision about the nuclear deal with Iran during a speech from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, May 8, 2018. (SAUL LOEB/Getty Images)
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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on May 05, 2019. (NurPhoto/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prior to signing a Proclamation on the Golan Heights in DC, March 25, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/Getty Images)
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Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
