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)
Chen Shiwei, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian and Zhang Peimeng of China celebrate claiming the Gold medal in the Men's 4x100m Relay Final of the 2014 Asian Games on October 2, 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. (Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Protesters take part in the rally for the beginning of Occupy Central movement outside Central Government Offices in Central, Hong Kong on August 31, 2014. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)
Yuki Otsu of Japan goes past Bokyung Kim of Korea during the Men's Football Bronze medal play-off of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 10, 2012. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the Ala-Archa state residence in Bishkek, on September 13, 2013. (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Prime Miniser Narendra Modi (C) launches the "Make In India" project as Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitaraman looks on in New Delhi on September 25, 2014. (RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Bronze medalist Japanese team members at the medal ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon on September 22, 2014. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)