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A view of Mile Handmade Wool Carpet Factory on May 28, 2024, in the Uyghur Autonomous Regio, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)
Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East Institute.
Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East Institute.
While Iran is using home-grown Shia Islamists to undermine the secular nature of Azerbaijan, the growing influence of Salafi groups in the North Cauca
The informal U.S. deadline for Iran's negotiating a compromise agreement with the international community that would constrain its expanding nuclear p