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A weapon is mounted on the Lehit ground robotic system, developed by specialists of the International Legion under the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, during a demonstration in Ukraine on December 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Iraqi government forces hold an Islamis State group flag on January 26, 2015, in Diyala, Iraq. (Younis Al-Bayati/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via 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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Joshua Meservey
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Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
