In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin enters a hall to meet with graduates of higher military educational institutions at the Kremlin on June 23, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov via 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
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for a picture with European leaders following a meeting at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
A US Marine Corps VXE30 Stalker unmanned aerial system is staged during a maritime domain awareness training exercise in southern Finland on July 31, 2025. (DVIDS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace on May 8, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Getty Images)
Ukrainian soldiers receive training in trench digging, medical care, and drone operations in Kurakhove, Ukraine, on January 16, 2025. (Wolfgang Schwan via Getty Images)
Kazakh Naval Forces ships sail through the Caspian Sea during a military exercise on October 2, 2020. (Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan via Getty Images)
Nigerien Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangaré, Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Burkinabe Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré attend a joint press conference following a meeting with foreign ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow on April 3, 2025. (Pavel Bednyakov via Getty Images)
Houthi fighters brandish their weapons during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)