Sergey Radchenko is the Wilson E. Schmidt distinguished professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is the author of the award-winning book To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power (Cambridge UP, 2024).
Red and white flowers spill out from a makeshift altar with a framed portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei resting on a stoop outside a building. An Iranian flag hangs over the door above the stoop, and a smaller Russian flag is stuck among the flowers.
Trump and Putin walk side by side through a doorway, surrounded on either side by other people in formal attire, lined up as they pass. Both men wear dark suits and ties along with serious expressions.
China top communist leader, Chairman of Communist Party (CCP) and President of the Republic Mao Zedong smiles during his holidays in 1961 in Lushan Moutain. Chinese official agency distributed this picture in September 1976 after Mao's death with a title: "Great leader Chairman Mao will live forever in our hearts". CHINA OUT / AFP / XINHUA (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)
