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 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and then US president-elect Donald Trump shake hands after their meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Vice President JD Vance will meet with Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock and Federal President Steinmeier at the the 61st Munich Security Conference. (Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the Economic Leaders' Meeting in the Vietnamese city of Danang on November 11, 2017.(MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Edward Snowden speaking from Russia during the Wired Next Fest 2019 at the Giardini Indro Montanelli on May 26, 2019, in Milan, Italy. (Rosdiana Ciaravolo via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba upon arrival outside the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks to the National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe before a Lekotla meeting on August 4, 2024, in Boksburg, South Africa. (Per-Anders Pettersson via Getty Images)
Personnel of the Border Security Force take part in a full dress rehearsal parade in preparation for Republic Day celebrations on January 24, 2025, in Bengaluru, India. (Abhishek Chinnappa via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands following their meeting at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on November 6, 2017. (Kiyoshi Ota/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)