We extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. Mark Auslander, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Southern California–Capital Campus, for his guidance and helpful feedback throughout the development of this project.
We also acknowledge the publicly accessible resources provided by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Department of Defense, and major international news organizations, whose documentation and reporting made it possible for us to analyze the 2025 Qatar aircraft exchange.
Finally, we thank the editors, journalists, and archivists responsible for maintaining open-access federal records and global news archives, which really supported the accuracy and depth of our research.