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Stacks of Iranian rials and US dollars sit on a table in Tehran, Iran, on August 6, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong shake hands during a signing ceremony in Moscow on October 1, 2014. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Investors watch a digital screen displaying the prices of China's stock market on January 5, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers during a reporting trip to the Third Guard Division of the PLA on July 28, 2009 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Members of the Chinese Army honor guard march at an arrival ceremony at Bayi Building January 10, 2011 in Beijing, China. (Larry Downing-Pool/Getty Images)
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A catholic reads the Bible at the temporary Bailu Township Church on December 24, 2008 in Pengzhou of Sichuan Province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
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Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren at a signing ceremony during German-Chinese government consultations on October 10, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
