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President Vladimir Putin holds a videocall with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on January 21, 2025. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, PhD student at American University
Meili Criezis is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), a PhD student in Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University, and a Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) Contributor. Her research focuses on Islamic State propaganda, extremism in online spaces, and gender/political violence.