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 President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson addresses the House chamber of the the US Capitol on October 25, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
A logo sits illuminated outside the Google booth at ISE 2023 and IOT Solution World Congress at Fira Barcelona on January 31, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (Cesc Maymo via Getty Images)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan leads a rally to show solidarity with Constitution, Supreme Court, and Chief Justice of Pakistan in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 6, 2023. (Khurram Amin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Women activists of Pakistani right wing religious party Jamat-e-Islami shout slogans and hold placards in Karachi on August 31, 2023. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images)