Foreign Policy

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, National Leader and Chairman of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev meet at a high-level trilateral summit in the Awaza National Tourism Zone of Turkmenistan on August 22, 2025. (Getty Images)

China’s President Xi Jinping attends a military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)

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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)

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on September 7, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Getty Images)

China’s President Xi Jinping, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrive for a reception in the Great Hall of the People following a military parade in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)

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Soldiers and sailors on the USS Missouri watch as Imperial Japan surrenders on September 2, 1945. (Getty Images)

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