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)
Delegates attend the second meeting of North Atlantic Council of foreign ministers on December 4, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Omar Havana via Getty Images)
An anti-government fighter tears down a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on November 30. (Mohammed al-Rifai via Getty Images)
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
Anthony Albanese, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, and Narendra Modi attend the Quad Fellowship Founding Celebration event on May 24, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan. (Yuichi Yamazaki via Getty Images)
Soldiers hold US and Japanese flags during a welcome ceremony for Donald Trump and Melania Trump at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2019. (Brendan SmialowskiAFP via Getty Images)