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Argentine President Javier Milei and Buenos Aires City Mayor Jorge Macri attend a ceremony on April 2, 2026, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Getty Images)
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Taliban security personnel stand guard atop armored Humvees along a road in the Green Zone area in Kabul on August 12, 2026. (Getty Images)
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New York City Democratic Socialists hold a rally in Union Square in New York on November 16, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz on August 10, 2026. (Getty Images)
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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, at City Hall in New York City on January 1, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A sign attached to the camp fence says, “Thetford Says No!” at RAF Barnham on August 7, 2026, in Thetford, UK. A protest camp has been set up by locals who oppose the use of RAF Barnham as a site for 1,250 asylum seekers. (Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
Rachel Mackey
Fellow and Executive Director, Hudson Institute Political Studies
