Foreign Policy

Fans of American singer Taylor Swift react to the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour at a cinema in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)

Soldiers from Task Force Stalwart on March 28, 2018, in a post in the outskirts of Afghanistan. (US Army via DVIDS)

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Military troops patrol near a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Lahore on February 8, 2024. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

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A protester raises a placard during a demonstration to condemn China's aggression in the disputed South China Sea in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati, Metro Manila, on February 6, 2024. (Jam Sta Rosa/AFP and Getty Images)

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Former National Security Advisor of the United States H.R. McMaster looks on before being sworn in to testify during the first hearing on national security and Chinese threats to America held by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2023. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on February 5, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)