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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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Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani addresses a press conference following Israeli strikes in Doha on September 9, 2025. (Karim Jaafar via Getty Images)
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Iran Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers' Meeting on June 26, 2025 in Shanghai, China. (Fu Tian via Getty Images)
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Egyptian Coptic Christians attend resurrection mass at the Monastery of Saint Simon Al-Kharaz during Holy Saturday services on April 19, 2025, in Cairo, Egypt. (Ahmad Hasaballah via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier attaches a Druze flag to the antenna of a Humvee along a barbed-wire fence in the Golan Heights near the Druze village of Majdal Shams on July 19, 2025. (Jalaa Marey via Getty Images)
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Hamas fighters patrol a street in central Gaza on February 8, 2025. (Eyad Baba via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
