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)
Former Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew addresses the Standard Chartered Singapore Forum on March 20, 2013 in Singapore. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Raymond Joseph stands outside the Haitian embassy in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2010, following a candle light vigil one week after a massive earthquake destroyed Port-au-Prince. (Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images)
People hold signs reading 'I am Charlie' during a rally in Monaco on January 8, 2015, a day after a deadly attack on the Paris headquarters of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters sing songs and wave their cell phones in the air after a massive thunderstorm passed over outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on September 30, 2014. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)