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)
President Donald Trump takes questions from the press during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on April 1, 2020, in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Workers set up the Huawei booth before the 2nd Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Expo on December 5, 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. The expo will be held in Hangzhou from December 6 to 8.
China Ocean Shipping Company, known as COSCO (COSCO Group), is the company in charge of transportation services in the biggest Port of Piraeus in Greece. COSCO undertook handles those operations in 2008.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Rose Garden for the daily coronavirus briefing at the White House on March 29, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)