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Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on September 28, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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A crew member assists in the transportation of the Launcher Load Frame to the flight-line for loading at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, on January 9, 2023. (Josiah Brown via DVIDS)
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A digital billboard welcomes US President Joe Biden to Israel on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Leon Neal via Getty Images)
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Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A young boy holds up a Hamas flag in between Palestinian Hamas militant during a military show in the Bani Suheila district of Gaza on July 20, 2017. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State John Kerry greets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Vienna on July 14, 2014. (US State Department via Flickr)
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A long line of cars lined up for gas at filling station on a Saturday night during the oil crisis of 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City. (Allan Tannenbaum via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Josh Block
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
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