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)
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting April 25, 2019, in Vladivostok, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Israeli tanks move near Gaza border as Israeli army deploys military vehicles around the Gaza Strip, Israel, on October 12, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade stand in front of a model of Shehab drone during a rally in Gaza City on September 21, 2022. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)