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China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on April 21, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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A Nigerian soldier loads his machine gun during training in Monguno, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Algerian border guards patrol the border with Morocco on November 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation Mahmoud Thabit Kombo in Hunan, China on June 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Saint Ignatius Cathedral in Shanghai is seen on April 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A worshipper prays as she attends a mass at Church of the Assumption in Lagos on April 21, 2025.
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Nigerian soldiers from the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) stand guard in Monguno, Nigeria, on July 5, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Leaders of BRICS countries attend the narrow format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 23, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Somali National Army soldiers escort members of the press to hideouts used by the terrorist group al-Shabaab in the Sabiid-Aanole areas of Somalia on June 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
