Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Chinese President Xi jinping delivers a speech during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China.
French President Emmanuel Macron accompanies Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after their meeting at the Élysée Presidential Palace on March 26, 2019 in Paris, France.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with US Vice President Joe Biden at the start of their meeting at the Chancellery on February 1, 2013 in in Berlin, Germany.
President Xi Jinping, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, and member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Li Zhanshu and other attendees sit at the beginning of the Chinese People's Political and Consulting Conference on May 21, 2020