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)
This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle during the hostage-prisoner exchange in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and first lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House on January 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura via Getty Images)
Melania Trump and Donald Trump arrive at St. John's Church as part of Inauguration ceremonies on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Scott Olson via Getty Images)
People walk past traditional Russian matryoshka dolls bearing Russian and Soviet leaders in downtown Moscow on December 16, 2018. (Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)
People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing elected United States President Donald Trump on November 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
John Trumbull's painting, circa 1754, of the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. (Universal History Archive via Getty Images)