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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Democracy
Democracy
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his wife Iriana speak to journalist after the election at a polling station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 17, 2019. (Barcroft Media/Getty Images)
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An Algerian protester waves a flag during an anti-government demonstration to demand an overhaul of the political system after long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned. (picture alliance/Getty Images)
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Cartoon published in the British newspaper the INDEPENDENT in which the Ayatollah Khomeini is throwing a copy of THE RIGHTS OF MAN by Tom Paine onto a bonfire stoked with copies of THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie. (Terry Smith/The LIFE Images Collect
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A man prays during a mass at the South Cathedral in Beijing on September 22, 2018. (Photo credit: NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sunset, Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta Landmark (Photo Credit: Ali Trisno Pranoto/Getty Images)
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Jamal Khashoggi in Bahrain, December 15, 2014 (MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
