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Two men sit together; one holds a gun Meet the Taliban’s Would-Be Rainmaker
Hassib Habibi carries his convictions as easily as his AK-47. Now he has to resuscitate the Afghan economy.
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Victory Party Chairman Umit Ozdag speaks to the media during an attempted march in front of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Turkey’s Far Right Has Already Won
The anti-immigration firebrand Umit Ozdag might not win a seat in parliament, but he’s shifted the national debate on refugees by vowing to expel them.
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Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauli Has South Africa’s Donald Trump Arrived?
The xenophobic firebrand Nhlanhla “Lux” Mohlauli is courting poor Black voters by stoking hatred of foreigners. It’s working.
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Masouma Tajik in Kabul on Dec. 7, 2020 An Afghan in Ukraine
She fled Kabul for safety in Kyiv. Now the 23-year-old is facing war again.
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Valérie Pécresse gives a talk at a Paris high school. France’s Iron Lady
Can Valérie Pécresse reunite the right and defeat French President Emmanuel Macron?
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Eric Zemmour is photographed in Paris on April 22. France’s New Far-Right Firebrand
Professional provocateur Éric Zemmour makes Marine Le Pen look like a moderate.
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Mikheil Saakashvili Washington’s Forgotten Golden Boy Is Trying for a Comeback in Georgia
Mikheil Saakashvili has forced himself back on the political stage—despite the danger.
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Elizabeth Truss arrives for a cabinet meeting. Liz Truss, True Believer
From Brexit-skeptic to face of the “Global Britain” agenda, the new foreign secretary has always seen politics as philosophy in action.
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Fumio Kishida Fumio Kishida’s Principles Are About to Be Put to the Test
Japan’s new prime minister is the moderate face of a party dominated by its right wing.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to press at the United Nations. ‘Minister Nyet’ Returns to His U.N. Stomping Grounds
Sergey Lavrov has honed the practice of body blocking U.S. and European diplomacy at every turn.
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A close-up photo of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's face. Meet Iran’s New Foreign Minister: Qassem Suleimani’s ‘Soldier’
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is a staunch backer of Iran’s “Axis of Resistance.”
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The Italian diplomat Stefano Pontecorvo at the Kabul airport NATO’s Man in Kabul
Stefano Pontecorvo spent his childhood in Kabul. Sixty years later, he coordinated the evacuation of 124,000 people before saying goodbye to the city himself.
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Qin Gang speaks in Beijing. Is China’s New U.S. Ambassador a ‘Wolf Warrior’—or a Fox?
Although close to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Qin Gang doesn’t quite fit the mold of hostile Chinese diplomacy.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya addresses the U.N. Security Council from her office in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sept. 4, 2020. Belarus’s Unlikely New Leader
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya didn’t set out to challenge a brutal dictatorship.
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Albanian prime minister flashes victory sign. Edi Rama Is Building Bridges to Europe—or Nowhere
As an artist, he dreamed of the West. As Albanian prime minister, the West is letting him down.
