Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a naval exercise from the Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser in the Black Sea on January 9, 2020. (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Fentanyl pills at the Mexican attorney general’s office in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Demonstrators protest against a controversial foreign influence bill, which Brussels warns would undermine Georgia's European aspirations, outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)
Xi Jinping is welcomed by Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia via Getty Images)
Ahmad Hashemi appears on InsideSources to discuss China's utilization of soft power to gain influence in the Middle East.