An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Oana-SilviaȚoiu speaks during a joint press conference with the minister of foreign affairs of Ukraine on August 7, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
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)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel addresses the media during a press conference on the flight deck of USS Ronald Reagan in Yokosuka, Japan, on May 16, 2024. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Keyly Santizo)