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![<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a meeting in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025.</p>]()
![<p>Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends Eid al-Fitr prayers in Tehran, Iran on March 31, 2025.</p>]()
By CFR Editors![EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during the last day of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, February 15, 2026.]()
By Linda Robinson![Women hold candles during a vigil to honor those killed on January 3 during the U.S. operation to capture Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, at Bolivar Square in Caracas, Venezuela, January 22, 2026.]()
By Caroline Hubbard![<p>A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence in Tokyo, Japan, on October 28, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>Supporters of Burkina Faso’s junta hold Burkinabè and Russian flags as they gather to protest against the arrival of an ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) delegation in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on October 4, 2022.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>A person holds a sign with a picture of Captain Ibrahim Traoré while attending a rally by supporters of Burkina Faso’s junta to mark the one-year anniversary of the coup that brought Traoré to power in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on September 29, 2023.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare![<p>U.S. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office on the day of his Presidential Inauguration at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025.</p>]()
By Ebenezer Obadare- By Steven Levitsky
![<p>Smoke rises from Khartoum, Sudan, during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces militia on September 26, 2024</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Voters line up to vote at a polling station in Parcelle, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal, on November 17, 2024. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Residents and militias stand next to houses destroyed by an airstrike during the fight between the Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces in Kasagita, Ethiopia, on February 25, 2022. </p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing for the eighth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit, in Kunming, China, on November 6, 2024.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other participants in the outreach/BRICS Plus format meeting pose for a family photo during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024.</p>]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick![<p>Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks during a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela.</p>]()
By Will Freeman- By Joshua Kurlantzick
![<p>Newspaper reports on the new Politburo Standing Committee led by Chinese President Xi Jinping, following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, are seen in this illustration picture taken October 24, 2022.</p>]()
By Kathy Huang![<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping waves after his speech as the new Politburo Standing Committee members meet the media following the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China October 23, 2022.</p>]()
By Ian Johnson
