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)
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defence in northern Israel on September 27, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers operate an American Humvee fitted with Soviet era Grad launcher in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine, on January 23, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Recruits of the Alcatraz assault battalion prepare for medical and trench training in Donetsk Oblast on January 31, 2025. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
United States President Donald Trump speaks to the press before he departs from the White House on January 31, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, 2015, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang via Getty Images).