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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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Patrons attend a watch party for the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential elections in San Francisco, California, on June 27, 2024. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
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French far-right Rassemblement National President Jordan Bardella votes during the first round of parliamentary elections in Garches, Paris, on June 30, 2024. (Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a statement to the media on February 28, 2024, in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers patrol at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 7, 2024. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)
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A view of Mile Handmade Wool Carpet Factory on May 28, 2024, in the Uyghur Autonomous Regio, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)
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Turkish flag waves in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 3, 2016. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Photo via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier fires a bazooka in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Tod Lindberg
Senior Fellow
