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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Democracy
Democracy
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Protesters sing songs and wave their cell phones in the air after a massive thunderstorm passed over outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on September 30, 2014. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
In the Media
In the Media
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Protesters take part in the rally for the beginning of Occupy Central movement outside Central Government Offices in Central, Hong Kong on August 31, 2014. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Thousands of young East Berliners crowd atop the Berlin Wall on November 11, 1989. (GERARD MALIE/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow on February 26, 2014. (MIKHAIL METZEL/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Bombed police checkpoint, Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, June 9, 2014 (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images).
Experts
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
