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)
Standard Missile-3 Block 1B guided missile successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, on October 13, 2013. (DVIDS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the awarding ceremony at the Moscow State University, on January 24, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers work on a Soviet era Pion self propelled howitzer in the direction of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on January 27, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
United States Navy Sailors with Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Basilone during a commissioning ceremony on November 9, 2024, in New York, New York. (DVIDS)
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a vertical launching system on Andersen Air Force Base in Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. (DVIDS)
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Mathilde Kaczkowski / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP)