Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
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
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends a welcoming ceremony and review an honour guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on March 1, 2019. (MANAN VATSYAYANA/Getty Images)
United Nations (UN) special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler gives a press briefing at the UN Offices in Geneva on September 27, 2016. (FABRICE COFFRINI/Getty Images)
Military vehicles carry DF-10 ship launched cruise missiles, drive past the Tiananmen Gate on September 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Andy Wong - Pool /Getty Images)
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan makes a statement during the meeting with Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca in Ankara, Turkey on January 04, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)