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)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (3rd L) speaks with (L-R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) at the Capitol in Washington, DC, January 10, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump celebrates after his speech during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)
A tram passes the giant Euro symbol outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) on January 8, 2013 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) talks with reporters during his weekly news conference in the Capitol Visitors Center at the U.S. Capitol January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)