Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan meet in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on July 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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 woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf participates in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), July 29, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert)
The amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge flight deck crew prepare to land an SH-60B Sea Hawk assigned to Light Helicopter Antisubmarine squadron 51 on the flight deck. (U.S. Navy)
A Marine simulates providing security for an amphibious landing in Appari, Philippines, March 28, 2022, during Balikatan, a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and Philippines. (Photo by United States Marine Corps)
A simulation at Eglin Air Force Base demonstrates the capabilities of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control framework. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Haley Phillips)