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)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivers remarks before signing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol, January 7, 2016. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton wave after a midnight rally at Reynolds Coliseum November 8, 2016 in Morrisville, North Carolina. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Vice President Elect Mike Pence (L), President-Elect Donald Trump (CR), wife Melania Trump (R) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (CL) in the U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, November, 10, 2016. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Chess grandmaster and current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen (L) of Norway with challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia during their World Chess Championship 2016 round 1 match in New York, November 11, 2016. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)