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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on April 25, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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People take a boat ride in the waters of Indus River near the Lansdowne Bridge in Sukkur, Pakistan, on April 28, 2025. (Shahid Ali via Getty Images)
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Cardinals attend the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square on April 26, 2025, in Vatican City. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Ed Ruscha's American Georges' Flag is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's, in New York, on November 8, 2024. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Artist David Hammon's African American Flag is exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, April 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
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The P4 laboratory, on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump appears on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
