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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian hold a meeting in Turkmenbashi on October 8, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Kazakh oil workers lay an oil pipeline by the Canadian oil company Hurricane Kumkol Munai on December 19, 2002, north of Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)
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Diplomatic envoys of ASEAN countries to China watch an intelligent robot during a visit to the China-ASEAN AI Application Center on July 22, 2026, in Nanning, China. (Getty Images)
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Iranian cargo trucks cross into the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan, Balochistan, on June 18, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A semiconductor wafer with patterned circuits is shown inside equipment at SEMICON Taiwan in Taipei on September 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Brendan Brown
Senior Fellow
