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)
A European Union flag, with a hole cut in the middle, flies at half-mast outside a home on June 24, 2016 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Vote Leave supporters wait for London Mayor Boris Johnson to address campaigners during a rally for the 'Vote Leave' campaign on April 15, 2016 in Manchester, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A Vote to Leave campaigner holds a placard as Nigel Farage campaigns for votes to leave the European Union in the referendum on May 25, 2016 in Bolton, England. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a rally for the 10th anniversary of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) at Albert-Schultz-Hall in Vienna, Austria on June 19, 2014. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)