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 Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during a trilateral ministerial meeting in New York, New York, on September 19, 2022. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)