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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Middle East
Middle East
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Members of a Kurdish Peshmerga battalion show their ink-stained fingers after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum, September 25, 2017 (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Anti-settlements demonstrator interrupts David Friedman at a hearing in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 16, 2016 (Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Displaced Yazidis cross the Syrian-Iraqi border, August 13, 2014 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iranian missile during annual military parade in Tehran, September 22, 2015 (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A US soldier holds the national flag ahead of a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2017 (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli army exercise simulating conflict with Hezbollah near the Syrian border, September 6, 2017 (JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Protest against racism and hate in Chicago, United States, August 27, 2017 (Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
