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![<p>A man sells newspapers in a street, following an attack on the international airport in Niamey, Niger, on January 30, 2026.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
![<p>Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel in Tehran, Iran, in September 2024.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
What Does the U.S. National Guard Do?
![<p>A member of the National Guard patrols the southern U.S. border in Eagle Pass, Texas.</p>]()
![<p>Cyberwarfare specialists serving with the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard engage in weekend training at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, June 3, 2017.</p>]()
By Matthew Ferren![<p>A man passes a Danish flag ahead of Greenland’s general election in the island’s capital, Nuuk.</p>]()
By Diana Roy and Jonathan Masters![<p>Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force stand guard during a drill near a bush in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria, on November 29, 2025. Vigilante groups have stepped in to fill security gaps as rural communities face rising attacks and abductions by armed gangs.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>People use augmented reality headsets during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. </p>]()
By Chris McGuire, Kat Duffy, Vinh Nguyen, Michael C. Horowitz, Adam Segal and Jessica Brandt![<p>Armored vehicles drive down the avenue during the Army 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2025. </p>]()
By Erin D. Dumbacher, Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as senior officials look on during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro was captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Charles A. Kupchan![<p>Panamanian General Manuel Noriega addresses a group at the International Conference against U.S. Intervention on November 29, 1989.</p>]()
By David J. Scheffer![<p>A man adds a tire to a burning barricade during a protest against insecurity in the Pétion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 2, 2025.</p>]()
By Natalie Caloca, Molly Carlough and Abi McGowan![<p>Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on September 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Village security volunteers patrol a village amid deadly clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Buriram province, Thailand, on December 9, 2025.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Soldiers patrol in front of Benin’s radio and television station after, according to Benin’s Interior Minister, the country’s armed forces thwarted the attempted coup against Beninese President Patrice Talon, in Cotonou, Benin, on December 7, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Members of the National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Command take part in a rally against a possible escalation of U.S. actions toward the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, November 25, 2025.</p>]()
By Roxanna Vigil![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump holds a picture of himself with Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, during a meeting with Nduhungirehe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner on June 27, 2025. </p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![<p>People watch the USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy warship, departing the Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. </p>]()
By Will Merrow![Gemini image]()
By Sebastian Elbaum and Jonathan Panter![<p>A monk stands near a damaged dorm at Thai Niyom temple, which was hit by Cambodian artillery during the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict in Surin Province, Thailand on November 3.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick and Annabel Richter![<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025.</p>]()
By Erin D. Dumbacher and John Drennan
