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)
A man suspected of taking part in the attack of a concert hall that killed 137 people is escorted by Russian law enforcement officers at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)
One of the suspects of the deadly terror attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia, on March 24, 2024. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Demonstrators in support of Israel gather to denounce antisemitism and call for the release of Israeli hostages in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023. (Stefani Reynolds via Getty Images)
Pakistani President Arif Alvi administers the oath to newly sworn-in Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 4, 2024. (Pakistan President House/AFP via Getty Images)
Seven sympathizers of the Daesh terror organization undergo trial in the District Court of West Jakarta, January 21, 2016. (Azqa Harun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)