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![<p>Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, watch as Vice President JD Vance briefs the press after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026.</p>]()
![A map showing Kharg Island's role in Iran's oil exports]()
By Will Merrow, Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy![<p>President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House, April 1, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>Iranian flags hang next to a missile on display during the forty-seventh anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo, Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![<p>A drone view of the aftermath of a U.S. strike on the Ras Isa fuel port, Al Jazirah, Yemen, April 18, 2025. </p>]()
By Abi McGowan, Molly Carlough and Natalie Caloca![Plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran.]()
By Ray Takeyh, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Max Boot and Elisa Ewers![<p>Ukrainian soldier prepares a drone for flight at a training area on February 8, 2025 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.</p>]()
By Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![<p>The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS <em>Abraham Lincoln</em> leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea, February 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![Two soldiers hold controllers and wear tech head pieces as they operate a first-person-view drone during a live-fire exercise.]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn- 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>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>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>People watch the USS Gravely, a U.S. Navy warship, departing the Port of Spain on October 30, 2025. </p>]()
By Will Merrow![<p>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is briefed on an exhibit of Multi-Domain Autonomous systems.</p>]()
By Erin D. Dumbacher, Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>Aerial view showing migrants walking through the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darién Province in Panama, September 22, 2023.</p>]()
By Sam Vigersky
