Henry Johnson is a fellow at Foreign Policy. He has previously written for LobeLog and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a degree in history.
Incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is seen during his press conference dawn Thursday, May 26, 2016, at the Royal Mandaya Hotel in the southern Philippine city of Davao. Duterte is set assume office as 16th president on June 30, 2016. (Photo by )
UK Independence Party Leader (UKIP) Nigel Farage addresses the media during a national poster launch campaign ahead of the EU referendum, in London on June 16, 2016.
Two new polls released today have indicated that British voters are favouring a Brexit, one week ahead of the June 23 referendum. / AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas (Photo credit should read )
Guests attending the Millionaire's Fair 2007 in Shanghai, China try their luck at a roulette table. The Millionaire Fair started as an idea in Europe in 2002 and was thought up by Yves Gijarth, a Dutch media executive. There are similar events in Amsterdam, Moscow, Cannes, Dubai and Courtrai in Belgium. "The Millionaire Fair is an exclusive 3-day event, which brings together key players from the industry of opulence and offers the finest luxury products the world has to offer to establish a benchmark for luxury products across the (communist) nation." However, a 2008 survey showed that Chinese millionaires are paying closer attention to wealth management than to luxury goods. (Photo by In )
DRESDEN, GERMANY - DECEMBER 15 : Supporters of the Pegida (Patriotische Europaeer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes) movement stage protest with banners and German flags at the Theaterplatz Square in Dresden, Germany on January 25, 2015. (Photo by )
A boat carrying supporters for the Remain in the EU campaign including Bob Geldof (C) shout and wave at Brexit fishing boats as they sail up the river Thames in central London on June 15, 2016.
A Brexit flotilla of fishing boats sailed up the River Thames into London today with foghorns sounding, in a protest against EU fishing quotas by the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union. / AFP / BEN STANSALL (Photo credit should read )
TOPSHOT - A man throws a chair as a small group of Russian men provoke a group of England supporters in the centre of Lille, on June 14, 2016, three days after Russia and England football fans clashed in the southern French city of Marseille during the Russia vs England, group B, Euro 2016 match. / AFP / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read )
French policemen stand guard on June 14, 2016 near the house in Magnanville where a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group killed a French policeman and his partner on the night of June 13.
The man who knifed to death two police officials had a "hit list" of VIPs, police and rappers, the Paris prosecutor said on June 14. The killer, 25-year-old Larossi Abballa, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group three weeks ago, Francois Molins told a news conference. / AFP / MATTHIEU ALEXANDRE (Photo credit should read )
MARSEILLE, FRANCE - JUNE 11: Fans clash after the UEFA EURO 2016 Group B match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome on June 11, 2016 in Marseille, France. (Photo by )
Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units hold an Islamic State (IS) group upside down in the village of al-Azraqiyah as they advance towards the centre of Saqlawiyah, north west of Fallujah, on June 4, 2016, during an operation to regain territory from the jihadist group.
Iraqi pro-government forces, made up of fighters from the army, the police and from the Hashed al-Shaabi, gained new ground from the Islamic State group in a key area west of the jihadist bastion of Fallujah, security sources said. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signs the visitor's book follwoing his meeting with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh (unseen) on January 14, 2014 in Amman. Over the past two days Zarif has visited Lebanon and Iraq as part of a regional tour. AFP PHOTO/POOL/MOHAMMAD HANNON (Photo credit should read )
