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)
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019, in Vladivostok, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade stand in front of a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A picture taken during an organised tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels on November 22, 2023, at a port on the Red Sea in Yemen's province of Hodeida. (AFP via Getty Images)
The Mohajer 6 drone is displayed during Iran's defence industry achievements exhibition on August 23, 2023, in Tehran, Iran. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)