In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via Getty Images)
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
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
American flags and United States Capitol building are seen in Washington D.C., United States on December 28, 2022. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Israeli combat engineers maneuver their armored vehicles at a staging point near the Israeli border on November 14, 2023, near Sderot, Israel. (Christopher Furlong via Getty Images)
An aerial view of the complex housing the Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City on October 18, 2023, in the aftermath of an overnight blast. (Shadi Al-Tabatibi/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pose for a group photo with other leaders at the Third Belt and Road Forum on October 18, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Suo Takekuma/Pool via Getty Images)
Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
A member of the Israeli forces runs past a fire raging in a house in Ashkelon following a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabi/AFP via Getty Images)
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg hold a press conference on April 14, 2021, at NATO's headquarters in Brussels. (Kenzo Tribouillard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)