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)
Ukrainian soldiers sit on a armored military vehicle in the city of Severodonetsk, Donbas region, on April 7, 2022. (Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a virtual address on the 22nd day of the Russia-Ukraine war in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 17, 2022. (Getty Images)
A Ukranian serviceman walks between rubble of the destroyed regional headquarters of Kharkiv on March 27, 2022. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP via Getty Images)