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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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People take part in a celebration after Michel Aoun elected as a President during the Parliamentary session, in Beirut, Lebanon on October 31, 2016. (Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Israeli navy vessels patrolling the Mediterranean Sea, July 9, 2014. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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The USS Mason conducts divisional tactic maneuvers in the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 10, 2016. (Petty Officer 1st Class Blake Midnight/DoD/Released)
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A ship sunk by Egyptians to block the Suez Canal appears at the surface of water, November 11, 1956 in Port Saïd. (STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the Egyptian police special forces patrol streets in al-Haram neighborhood in the southern Cairo Giza district on January 25, 2016. (MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on April 22, 2016 in New York. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. (Chris Tobin)
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
