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China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security.  China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security.  China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security.  China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security.  Global Politics
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Lizzy Shackelford speaks at a table with Jon Stewart and other panelists. Lizzy Shackelford speaks at a table with Jon Stewart and other panelists. Defense and Security
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Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford discusses the disparity between diplomatic and military spending on the Problem with Jon Stewart.

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An anti-police brutality protest in Lagos, Nigeria on October 20, 2022. An anti-police brutality protest in Lagos, Nigeria on October 20, 2022.
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"Carter sought to institutionalize human rights within our foreign policy decision-making structures, so that it would not only inform our foreign activities but constrain them as well," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

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