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![<p>Nigerian President Bola Tinubu leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his state visit to the United Kingdom, in London, England, on March 19, 2026.</p>]()
![<p>President Woodrow Wilson speaking before a joint session of Congress to request that it declare war on Germany, April 2, 1917.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Map of Russian America by J. F. Lewis in 1867.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdos Square in Baghdad after U.S. forces took the city, April 9, 2003.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian General Omar Torrijos shake hands after signing the Panama Canal Treaties, September 7, 1977.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Harry S. Truman addressing a joint session of Congress asking for $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey, March 12, 1947.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Franklin Roosevelt signs H.R. 1776, the Lend-Lease Act, March 11, 1941.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), greets his supporters as he celebrates after winning the election in Damak, Nepal, on March 7, 2026.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>United States Marines of the 9th Expeditionary Brigade wade ashore at Da Nang, Vietnam, March 8, 1965.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>The Capitol Building after a vote in the House of Representatives on a resolution aimed at stopping the military campaign against Iran, March 5, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio on U.S. policy toward Venezuela during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, January 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>President Donald Trump announces that the United States has begun major combat operations in Iran, February 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay- Backgrounder
What Is Hezbollah?
![<p> Hezbollah militants parade through Beirut’s southern suburb.</p>]()
![<p>Cartoon in reaction to the Zimmermann Telegram published in The Evening Star, March 4, 1917 in Washington D.C.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>People sit on a pickup truck as they prepare to travel about 250 kilometers south to Adré, on the Chad-Sudan border, at a transport station in Tine, eastern Chad, on November 25, 2025. The movement comes amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>President Dwight D. Eisenhower, then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stand together during a luncheon at the White House, March 31, 1955.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p><span class="TextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW63544548 BCX0">Secretary of State John Foster Dulles.</span></span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay
