Security Alliances

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)

United States President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping on November 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (Thomas Peter via Getty Images)

Japan Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Shohei Ishii (right) and Philippine Coast Guard Chief of Staff Commodore Joeven Fabul (left) take part in arrival honors at the Philippine Coast Guard headquarters on November 4, 2023, in Manila, Philippines, as the countries seek to bolster military ties after tensions escalated between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. (Ezra Acayan via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on June 26, 2017. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Participants sit in front of the NATO logo during the NATO summit in Newport, South Wales, on September 4, 2014. (Maurizio Gambarini via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to their meeting on May 27, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. (Eugene Hoshiko via Getty Images)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk walks prior to the start of the European Union Summit on February 2, 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse via Getty Images)

European Union flags outside the European Central Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on December 12, 2024. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)

Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon holds a map during a United Nations Security Council meeting concerning the situation in the Middle East on April 26, 2018, in New York City. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)

World leaders gather for the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)