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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Iraqi paramilitaries of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq wave their flag and the national flag on November 25, 2017. (Ahamad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
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Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anti-government protestors storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. (K M Asad/AFP via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping speaks to American business leaders in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)
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An Afghan man sells Taliban flags in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 13, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taliban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in Bagram, Afghanistan, on August 14, 2024. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images)
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado holds a national flag during a protest calling for the recognition of election "victory" in Caracas, Venezuela, on August 17, 2024. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)
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A vehicle of the Presidential Guard of Niger attends the first summit of the Confederation of Sahel States in Niamey, Niger, on July 6, 2024. (Boureima Hama/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman during his visit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 29, 2024. (Bandar Al-Jaloud/Saudi Royal Court/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
