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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for new US Ambassador to China David Perdue in the Oval Office on May 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Airmen store an F-15C Eagle in a hardened aircraft shelter in preparation for Typhoon Maria on July 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (DVIDS)
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Ukrainian soldiers receive training in trench digging, medical care, and drone operations in Kurakhove, Ukraine, on January 16, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
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Aerial view of the shipyards of the Kaiser Shipbuilding Corporation in Vancouver, Washington, in 1943�44. (Getty Images)
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Soldiers guard the prison entrance at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. (Alex Pena via Getty Images)
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People take a boat ride in the waters of Indus River near the Lansdowne Bridge in Sukkur, Pakistan, on April 28, 2025. (Shahid Ali via Getty Images)
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A destroyed aircraft at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan is seen on April 17, 2025, after the Sudanese Armed Forces took control of the airport from the Rapid Support Forces. (Getty Images)
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David Asher
Senior Fellow
