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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
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The opening meeting of the third session of the Fourteenth National People’s Congress is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2025. (Ding Haitao via Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks on during a federal cabinet meeting on June 3, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Matt Jelonek via Getty Images)
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FBI agents stage in a neighborhood on June 15, 2025, in Green Isle, Minnesota as law enforcement agencies search for Vance Boelter. (Christopher Mark Juhn via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on May 21, 2025. (Rnonan Zvulan via Getty Images)
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Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong shakes hands with US President Richard Nixon in Beijing during his visit to China. (Getty Images)
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An Indian soldier stands guard near the Line of Control in Kashmir on May 19, 2025. (Tauseef Mustafa via Getty Images)
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks on during a federal cabinet meeting on June 3, 2025, in Perth, Australia. (Matt Jelonek via Getty Images)
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Milford High School graduates protest outside of Milford Town Hall a day after 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva was detained by ICE on his way to volleyball practice. (Jessica Rinaldi via Getty Images)
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Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
