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)
Ukrainian servicemen of the 57th Brigade fires a BM-21 'Grad' multiple rocket launcher toward Russian positions at a front line near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on June 20, 2023. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteers march along a road during an event to mark the Hindu New Year in Allahabad on April 2, 2022. (Sanjay Kanojia via Getty Images)
Janet Yellen with He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on July 8, 2023, in Beijing, China. (Mark Schiefelbein via Getty Images)
The Russian national flag fluters in front of the Great Hall of the People before a welcoming ceremony for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Beijing on May 24, 2023. (Thomas Peter/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Abdul Ghani Baradar and Wang Yu attend a press conference to announce an oil extraction contract with a Chinese company in Kabul on January 5, 2023. (Ahmad Sahel Arman via Getty Images)
People shout slogans at a rally in support of the Pakistani Army following the violent protests that erupted after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 9, 2023. (Hussain Ali via Getty Images)