Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
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
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attending a meeting of leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in the Belarusian capital Minsk on November 23, 2023. (Valery Sharifulin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
The Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano illuminated by the glow of the lava on March 28, 2021, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. (Sophia Groves via Getty Images)
President Harry S. Truman at his desk at the White House signing a proclamation declaring a national emergency on December 16, 1950. (National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons)
Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, on November 1, 2023, chant slogans in support of the people in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)