Charles Fairbanks
Former Senior Fellow
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Men adjust the Taliban flag before the arrival of Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid (unseen) to address the first press conference in Kabul on August 17, 2021 following the Taliban stunning takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Hoshang Hashimi / AFP)
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Members of the Vostok Battalion, a pro-Russia militia, stand guard in an intersection on May 20, 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine. (Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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Pro-Russian activists guard a barricade set at the Ukrainian regional Security Service building on the eastern city of Donetsk on April 7, 2014 (Alexander KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Tanks Arriving Near Simferopol, March 31, 2014 (Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Barack Obama (L) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)