Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans and wave flags at a rally celebrating the end of the US military presence in Iraq on September 30, 2026, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty Images)
Presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro for the Partido Liberal speaks to the press after the votes are tallied on election day on October 4, 2026, in Brasilia, Brazil. (Getty Images)
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)
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a news conference in New York after she addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2026, in New York City, US (Getty Images)
Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before a bilateral meeting during the G20 Summit on June 29, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (VCG/Getty Images)
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Hari Prasad is a research associate at Critica Research and Analysis
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An Egyptian protester raises flags during the clashes between Egyptian police and protesters after declaring the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group in Alf Maskan district of Cairo, Egypt, December 27, 2013. (Getty Images)
Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House November 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Martin H. Simon-Pool/Getty Images)