Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel walks next to an Iranian Emad Surface-to-Surface missile in downtown Tehran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One on June 28, 2022, in Munich, Germany, after attending the G7 Summit hosted by the German chancellor. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)
Shinzo Abe gestures as he speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's official residence on April 17, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota - Pool/Getty Images)
Xi Jinping speaks during a news conference, displayed on a television screen at a shopping area on June 30, 2022, in Hong Kong. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers remarks at the inauguration of Hudson Institute headquarters on March 30, 2016. Also pictured is Distinguished Fellow Ken Weinstein, former president and CEO. (Photo credit: James O'Gara)
Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech in virtual format at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum, June 22, 2022. (Photo by Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)