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)
Russian Navyâs lone aircraft carrier is towed to the shipyard for maintenance in Murmansk, Russia, on May 20, 2022. (Semen Vasileyev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Javelin anti-tank missiles are seen at the Lockheed Martins Pike County Operations facility in Troy, Alabama, on May 3, 2022. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
Afghanistans Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi at his office in the foreign ministry in Kabul on February 2, 2022. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)