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)
A US Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 takes off from Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, on April 19, 2023. (Tyler Harmon via DVIDS)
Armed rebels of the Iran-backed Houthi militia ride a pick-up truck during a demonstration against the United States and Israel on January 29, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Osamah Yahya via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden at the White House talking to the press on his way to an event in Miami, Florida, on January 30, 2024. (Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Japan's Self-Defense Forces 1st Airborne Brigade conduct descent training with allies US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Philippines on January 7, 2024, at Camp Narashino training area in Tokyo, Japan. (David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty Images)
United States President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)