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)
Soldiers of the rocket artillery battery of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade carry out a combat mission with a Grad MLR in the Velykomykhailivka direction in Odesa region, Ukraine, on June 6, 2025. (Ukrinform via Getty Images)
A reservist from the 'Sky Rider' Unit launches an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle known as the Skylark, for an operation near the Gaza border on December 11, 2023, in Southern Israel. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey stand in front of a Royal Navy F-35B Lightning fighter jet on the flight deck of the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince Of Wales on April 24, 2025. (Richard Pohle via Getty Images)
Belaya Air Base in Russia shows a destroyed Tu-95 bomber following a drone strike, with evidence of fire damage and debris on the runway. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard atop an armored vehicle near the Clock Tower in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 2, 2025. (Firdous Nazir via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)