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)
A statue of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, stands in front of the US Treasury September 19, 2008, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, US President Donald Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, stand behind him as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump addresses reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after receiving a briefing from law enforcement on July 15, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)