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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks alongside Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore in the East Room of the White House on March 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference on November 15, 2018, in Singapore. (Getty Images)
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Water vapor rising from chimneys of the Bugey nuclear power plant on January 25, 2022, in Saint-Vulbas, France. (Photo by Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP via Getty Images)
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Oil pumpjacks are viewed in the Inglewood Oil Field on March 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare of the Solomon Islands meets with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on October 9, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Parker Song-Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
