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)
United States and Japanese national flags are displayed outside Palace Hotel Tokyo on May 25, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the inauguration of grand Ram temple's Pran Pratishtha ceremony in the northern Ayodhya, India, on January 22, 2024. (Imtiyaz Khan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Climate activists demonstrate in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 14, 2025, demanding $5 trillion in climate reparations for Global South countries. (Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Commuters are passing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poster ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Mumbai, India, on April 17, 2024. (Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto 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)