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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Benjamin Netanyahu and his counterpart Boyko Borisov shake hands during a press conference on September 11, 2012, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Gali Tibbon via Getty Images)
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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 17, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A Taliban security personnel stands guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Kabul on March 30, 2025. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images)
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Masked Palestinian youths dressed as suicide bombers carry Hamas flags and a makeshift Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Hamas, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on September 22, 2005 (Jamal Aruri/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
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Yemenis brandish rifles and chant during a demonstration called for by the rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements before an official dinner in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2017. (Ngan Mandel/AFP via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
