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)
Biden comments on the Ukraine-Russia crisis during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 18, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Demonstrators gather at the White House to protest against the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on February 20, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)
Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles take part in a military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, on Oct. 1, 2019. (Getty Images)
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing flies at a high altitude during a mission over the Baltic Sea, Oct. 23, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Trevor T. McBride)
U.S. troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)