Foreign Policy

A Naval Science Institute student practices arc welding at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine on October 10, 2024. (US Navy photo by Branden Bourque)

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Founder of the Georgian Dream Party Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to the media on October 26, 2024, in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Diego Fedele via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)

United States President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter via Getty Images)

China's Xi'an Y-20 transport aircraft flies on November 1, 2016, in Zhuhai, China. (The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Opposition leader Peter Dutton arrives at Parliament House on May 15, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. (Tracey Nearmy via Getty Images)

Flag for the meeting between Roberta Metsola and Mark Rutte in Brussels, Belgium, on January 15, 2025. (Martin Bertrand/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial on January 21, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji via Getty Images)

Japan Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Shohei Ishii (right) and Philippine Coast Guard Chief of Staff Commodore Joeven Fabul (left) take part in arrival honors at the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters on November 4, 2023, in Manila, Philippines, as the countries seek to bolster military ties after tensions escalated between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. (Ezra Acayan via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on June 26, 2017. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Protesters stage a demonstration in support the Palestinians on October 18, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)