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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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General view of an apartment block in Pechatniki suburb, southeast of Moscow, after an explosion destroyed four stories out of 18 of the building, September 9, 1999. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Baker test during Operation Crossroads, a series of two nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, July 25, 1946. (Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
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Presidents George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on January 7, 2009. (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Florida (Photo Credit RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama in the Oval Office September 27, 2013 in Washington D.C. (Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
