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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech on the nuclear agreement with Iran at the National Constitution Center September 2, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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Map of Sykes–Picot Agreement showing Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia, and areas of control and influence agreed between the British and the French, Royal Geographical Society. (Wikimedia)
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White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes addresses the media at the Edgartown School on August 22, 2014 in Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
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Thousands of protesters storm parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone on April 30, 2016. (Haydar Hadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
