Kavitha Surana was an editorial fellow at Foreign Policy from 2016-2017.
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Kavitha Surana
Protesters display anti-Trump placards as they wait to get to the National Mall for the inaugration of US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2107.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday -- capping his improbable journey to the White House and beginning a four-year term that promises to shake up Washington and the world. / AFP / Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Libyan troops loyal to Khalifa Haftar, a retired general and former chief of staff for Moamer Kadhafi, sit on an amoured personnel carrier (APC) during a demonstration calling on the international community to arm the Libyan army on August 14, 2015 in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. The Tobruk-based government (recognised by the international community) said in a statement that world powers were using "double standards" by fighting IS in Syria and Iraq and "turning a blind eye" to the presence of the jihadists in Libya. AFP PHOTO / ABDULLAH DOMA (Photo credit should read ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images)
The leader of the Five Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, delivers a speech during a campaign meeting upon a referendum on constitutional reforms, on December 2, 2016 in Piazza San Carlo in Turin. Beppe Grillo, leader of the populist Five Star Movement calls his supporters to vote NO at the referendum on constitution which be held on December 4, 2016. / AFP / MARCO BERTORELLO (Photo credit should read MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP/Getty Images)
Former French prime minister and candidate for the left wing primaries ahead of France's 2017 presidential election, Manuel Valls, delivers a speech to announce his campaign program, on January 3, 2017 in Paris. / AFP / ALAIN JOCARD (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images)
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - SEPTEMBER 21: A Baku resident cuts out with an axe 21 September 1991 in Baku a placard showing a portrait of Russain Bolshevik revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Azerbaijan was proclaimed a Soviet Socialist Republic by Soviet Union in 1920. Azeri National Council voted declaration of independence in 1991. (Photo credit should read ANATOLY SAPRONENKOV/AFP/Getty Images)