In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
President of Brazil Michel Temer attends technical cooperation agreement signing ceremony with the Court Superior Electoral (TSE) at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil on October 11, 2016. (Ricardo Botelho/Brazil Photo Press/LatinContent/Getty Images)
The Cuban flag is lowered to half mast outside of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, DC on November, 26, 2016. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Fidel Castro speaks during the ceremony in which President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez was given the UNESCO Jose Marti award for his efforts in education, February 3, 2006 in Havana, Cuba. (Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images)