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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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US President-elect Joe Biden answers questions from the press at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on November 16, 2020.
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Volunteers carry boxes of signed petitions for a ballot measure decriminalizing a number of hard drugs in Salem, Ore., June 26.
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US President-elect Joe Biden answers questions from the press at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on November 16, 2020.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman of Facebook, speaks at the 56th Munich Security Conference.
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An aerial view shows homes near the Dominguez Hill Tank Farm Oil Storage Terminal.
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An Uber pick-up location in San Diego, Calif.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for a boycott of French products in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 26.
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Gwinnett County workers continue to count absentee and provisional ballots at the Gwinnett Voter Registrations and Elections office on November 6, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
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Chinese soldiers from the People's Liberation Army wear protective masks as they march after a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War, on October 23, 2020 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
