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)
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick, US President Donald Trump's nominee for commerce secretary, stand behind him as he speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump addresses reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after receiving a briefing from law enforcement on July 15, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One enroute to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Febrary 9, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
A worker removes the United States Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski via Getty Images)