F-16 Fighting Falcon aircrafts are prepared for a mission during Operation Noble Defender at Pittufik Space Base in Greenland on January 30, 2025. (US Air Force)
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)
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs Priti Patel MP listens during a press conference on May 19, 2025, in London, England. (Getty Images)
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar meets with Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on January 6, 2026. (Getty Images)
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during a trilateral ministerial meeting in New York, New York, on September 19, 2022. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A journalist takes a photo of a live feed of Xi Jinping speaking at the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2017. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
A Russian RS-24 Yars intercontinental ballistic missile during Victory Day parade rehearsals on May 7, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. (Contributor/Getty Images)
Korean Marines take part in joint exercises with Japanese, American, and Philippine troops in the Philippines on October 7, 2022. (US Marine Corps photo by Danny Gonzalez)