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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
Corruption
Corruption
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Georgian opposition supporters protest results of the parliamentary elections in central Tbilisi, Georgia, on October 28, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images)
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A man walks in front of the destroyed Sakina Shrine on December 25, 2024, in Damascus, Syria. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Afghan men gather around the grave of Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani during the funeral ceremony in Sarana, Kabul, on December 12, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)
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People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)
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Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, is welcomed by supporters at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping speaks in Brasilia on November 20, 2024. (Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images)
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An employee checks the production line of drink bottles at the workshop of Changji Baolong Packaging Technology Development Co., Ltd. on May 6, 2024, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (Tao Weiming/VCG via Getty Images)
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Iraqi government forces hold an Islamis State group flag on January 26, 2015, in Diyala, Iraq. (Younis Al-Bayati/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Iraqi paramilitaries of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq wave their flag and the national flag on November 25, 2017. (Ahamad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
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Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Marshall Billingslea
Senior Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
