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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Flags of Europe flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on June 1, 2018.
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Relatives of the deceased line up for a funeral in Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city hit hard by the coronavirus, April 5.
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Chinese soldiers wearing protective masks march at the People's Square on April 04, 2020 in Shanghai, China
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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at a press conference following their meeting outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (Artyom Ivanov\TASS via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during the meeting of Commission for Changing Constitution at the Kremlin on February 26, 2020 in Moscow, Russia
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Workers set up the Huawei booth before the 2nd Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Expo on December 5, 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. The expo will be held in Hangzhou from December 6 to 8.
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A police man wearing a face mask in Dakar, Senegal, on March 3, 2020. (Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Members of the Maryland Army National Guard work to set up a triage tent in the parking lot outside of the emergency room at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center on March 19, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
