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)
Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner (R) waves next to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during the 47th Mercosur Summit, in Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina on December 17, 2014. (JUAN MABROMATA/AFP/Getty Images)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech at Bicentenario museum in Buenos Aires, on October 10, 2012. (ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP/GettyImages)
US President Barack Obama (C), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee (L) attend a reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan, the Presidential Palace, in New Delhi on January 26, 2015. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) and his brother Raul, Minister of the Revoutionary Armed Forces, in Havana, during a meeting of the Cuban Parliament, December 23, 2003. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)