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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)
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US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.(MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba upon arrival outside the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands following their meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on November 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Ukrainian soldiers operate an American Humvee fitted with Soviet era Grad launcher in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on January 23, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sit together outside the White House on March 26, 1979. (Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images)
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United States Representatives of the 119th Congress are sworn in during the first day of session on January 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
