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)
Israeli protesters demonstrate against a government decision to abandon a deal to allow women and men to pray together at the Western Wall, July 1, 2017 (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
Supporters of Ahok gather for Cityhall Choir showing their concern over Ahok's conviction on May 10, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia (Jefta Images / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Mourners carry a large cross during a funeral procession on April 10, 2017 at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Ava Samuel desert monastery in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Relatives of killed Coptic Christians carry a coffin as they gather outside the Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, on May 26, 2017 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)