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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
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Iraqi paramilitaries of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq wave their flag and the national flag on November 25, 2017. (Ahamad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
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People link arms while singing and lighting on the first anniversary since the attacks by Hamas on October 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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People gather to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
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Family and friends gather at the Nova Festival Memorial to mark the first anniversary since Hamas attacked on October 7, 2024, in Re'im, Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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Demonstrators gather during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2024. (Charly Triballeau via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hang flags on an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza Strip border on June 6, 2024. (Amir Levy via 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)
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
