Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
Former Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
Nate Sibley
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and incoming-Premier Li Keqiang applaud during the closing session of the annual CPPCC held at the Great Hall of the People on March 12, 2013 in Beijing, China
Chinese President Xi jinping delivers a speech during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China.
John Kerry, America’s secretary of state at the time, arrives at Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 24, 2015.