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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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President Trump and King Salman of Saudi Arabia sign a Joint Strategic Vision Statement in Riyadh, May 20, 2017 (Whitehouse.gov)
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Burnt out Egyptian aircraft at El-Arish base in Sinai after a pre-emptive attack by Israelis during the Six-Day War (Terry Fincher/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, to attend the G7 summit, May 25, 2017 (U.S. Marine Corps)
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Mourners carry a large cross during a funeral procession on April 10, 2017 at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
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Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah live broadcasts during a commemoration event for Mustafa Badreddine, a soldier of Hezbollah killed in Syria, in Dahieh district of Beirut, Lebanon on May 11, 2017 (Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Israel's "Security Fence" is a solid wall along 5% of it's length. 10 meters high and reinforced concrete (Justin McIntosh)
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Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Ava Samuel desert monastery in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Relatives of killed Coptic Christians carry a coffin as they gather outside the Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, on May 26, 2017 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's soeajs during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO summit in Brussels, May 25, 2017 (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump join dancers with swords at Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017 (Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Royal Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
