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An Indian Border Security Force soldier checks the passports of Pakistani citizens as they return to their country at the India-Pakistan border on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on April 25, 2025. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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An Indian Border Security Force soldier checks the passports of Pakistani citizens as they return to their country at the India-Pakistan border on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on April 25, 2025. (Narinder Nanu via Getty Images)
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walter_russell_mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangar茅, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor茅 attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)
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Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangar茅, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traor茅 attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)
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zineb_riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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