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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - MAY 12: U.S. Presidåçent Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - MAY 12: U.S. Presidåçent Donald Trump boards Air Force One on May 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Saudi Arabia, the first stop on his four-day Middle East visit and the first international trip of his second term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

DAWN Statement on President Trump's Scheduled Visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Authoritarian World Order: Impacts on the Middle East's Autocrats

Emir of Kuwait, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the 45th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait City, Kuwait on December 01, 2024. (Photo by Amiri Diwan of Kuwait/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

A Crisis of Statelessness: Inside Kuwait's Mass Revocation of Citizenship

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