National Security and Defense

Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Hindu Yuva Vahini, founded by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, protested over Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence by Pakistan accusing him of RAW Agent at Ghatkopar West, on April 15, 2017 in Mumbai, India. (Prashant Waydande/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Hindu Yuva Vahini, founded by UP CM Yogi Adityanath, protested over Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence by Pakistan accusing him of RAW Agent at Ghatkopar West, on April 15, 2017 in Mumbai, India. (Prashant Waydande/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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An Egyptian raises a cross made of palm leaves, originally intended for Palm Sunday celebrations, as he is being lifted by others at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, April 9, 2017. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian raises a cross made of palm leaves, originally intended for Palm Sunday celebrations, as he is being lifted by others at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Alexandria, April 9, 2017. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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