Adam Rawnsley is a Philadelphia-based reporter covering technology and national security. He co-authors FP’s Situation Report newsletter and has written for The Daily Beast, Wired, and War Is Boring.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) takes part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin Wall in Moscow on May 9, 2016.
Russia marks the 71st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. / AFP / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian pro-government forces stand on top of a building overlooking Aleppo in the city's Bustan al-Basha neighbourhood on November 28, 2016, during their assault to retake the entire northern city from rebel fighters.
In a major breakthrough in the push to retake the whole city, regime forces captured six rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo over the weekend, including Masaken Hanano, the biggest of those in eastern Aleppo.
/ AFP / GEORGE OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 13: U.S President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden meet with FBI Director James Comey (3rd R), Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson (L), Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Nicholas Rasmussen (R), and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates (2nd R) in the Oval Office of the White House June 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama received an update on the investigation into the attack in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
US President-elect Donald Trump leaves after a meeting at the New York Times on November 22, 2016 in New York.
President-elect Trump said Tuesday he would "love" to clinch a deal to end the intractable conflict between Israel and the Palestinians despite the checkered history of US attempts to broker a Middle East peace."I would love to be the one who made peace with Israel and the Palestinians, that would be such a great achievement," Trump said in an interview with The New York Times.
/ AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for a meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 1, 2015. AFP PHOTO / POOL / YURI KOCHETKOV (Photo credit should read YURI KOCHETKOV/AFP/Getty Images)
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 20: (L to R) Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani stands with president-elect Donald Trump before their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 17: The early morning sun begins to rise behind the U.S. Capitol on November 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. Later today, Vice President-elect Mike Pence is scheduled to meet with Congressional lawmakers on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A member of the New York Police Department (NYPD)stands in front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue to provide security to US President-elect Donald Trump on November 10, 2016 in New York. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Smoke billows in the background on November 3, 2016, at an entrance to Aleppo, in the southwestern frontline near the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, during a rebel offensive to break a three-month siege of the opposition-held east of Syria's second city.
Syrian rebels launched a new wave of car bombs and rockets on Aleppo's western districts, redoubling their efforts to break the government's three-month siege of the city. / AFP / Omar haj kadour (Photo credit should read OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 11: In this U.S. Navy handout, sunrise at the Pentagon prior to a ceremony to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The American flag is draped over the site of impact at the Pentagon. In 2008, the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial opened adjacent to the site, located on Boundary Channel Drive in Arlington, Va., and commemorates the 184 lives lost at the Pentagon and onboard American Airlines Flight 77 during the terrorist attacks. (Photo by Damon J. Moritz/Released via Getty Images
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 23: A K Street NW sign stands at the corner of 14th and K Streets NW in downtown Washington, DC on August 23, 2016. K Street is the center of the political lobbyist industry in Washington. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
STARKVILLE, MS - NOVEMBER 05: Members of the United States Army lined up and waiting to be recognized during the football game between Mississippi St. and Texas A&M on November 5, 2016 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, MS. Mississippi St. would defeat Texas A&M 35-28. (Photo by Andy Altenburger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: The candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton of U.S. presidential elections are seen on a TV screen below the graph showing the day's course of the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on November 9, 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany. Stock markets around the world reacted with volatility to the surprise win for Republican candidate Donald Trump in yesterday's U.S. presidential elections. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
Iraqi children who fled the fighting are given bread as they arrive at an Iraqi army 9th armoured division operating base adjacent to the Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul on November 7, 2016.
Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / Odd ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
