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)
DeAnne Connolly Graham joins with others for an interfaith Rally Against Anti-Semitism on June 3, 2021, in Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle via Getty Images)
Members of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church hold Stations of the Cross procession to reenact Good Friday in Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria, on April 7, 2023. (Adekunle Ajayi via Getty Images)
Iranian-Christian people at the Saint Gregory church during the New Year mass prayer ceremony in Tehran, January 1, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers the keynote address during the second Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 18, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)