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Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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A general view of the shipping port in Keelung, Taiwan, on August 1, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Saul Loeb via Getty Images)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney greets US President Donald Trump at the official welcome ceremony during the G7 leaders’ summit on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Alberta. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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Hong Kong media tycoon and Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is escorted by the police to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club Shelter Cove Clubhouse for evidence collection as part of the ongoing investigations on August 11, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a flag-raising ceremony for the latest Project 955A (Borey-A) strategic nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Pozharsky in Severodvinsk on July 24, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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A historical WWII reenactor walks in the sea at sunrise on Gold Beach to mark the eighty-first anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 2025, in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France. (Kiran Ridley via Getty Images
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Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
