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Russian President Vladimir Putin
 Female soldiers of the Guard of Honour of the People's Liberation Army shout as they walk in front of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev (not pictured) during the welcoming ceremony at the beginning of the meeting on
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Female soldiers of the Guard of Honour of the People's Liberation Army shout as they walk in front of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev (not pictured) during the welcoming ceremony at the beginning of the meeting on
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) with Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new government is presented after the Iranian Revolution. (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) with Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as the new government is presented after the Iranian Revolution. (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)
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Director of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Central Asia-Caucasus Institute
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Central Asia-Caucasus Inst. & Silk Road Studies Program
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